The biggest data breaches of 2025 — so far

We’re barely a couple of months into 2025, but this year has already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of individuals, including everything from student records to phone data to sensitive health information. Last year, 2024, saw more than 1 billion records stolen. If the first two months of this year are anything to go by, 2025 looks to be an unprecedented year for data breaches. PowerSchool breach likely affects tens of millions of students and teachers The breach of edtech giant PowerSchool is one of the biggest breaches of student data in recent history. While we still don’t know exactly how many records were stolen (PowerSchool has repeatedly refused to disclose this figure), reports claim that the breach affected more than 62 million students and 9.5 million teachers in the United States. PowerSchool, which provides K-12 software to more than 18,000 schools across North America, first disclosed the data breach in January. At the time, Po ... Read full article.