A school bus drives up 8th avenue in New York City. October 21, 2025. (Photo by Zamek/VIEWpress) FTC orders Illuminate Education to bolster data security after breach impacting 10M students The FTC directed the Illuminate to improve its data security measures, and stop misrepresenting its data privacy practices. Jun 8, 2026 By Keely Quinlan
(Getty Images) K-12 vendor breach spreads across New York State The breach of K-12 software vendor Illuminate Education has now impacted at least 24 districts across New York, according to a report. May 5, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) Illuminate Education breach that affected NYC schools spreads to Connecticut A school district in a small Connecticut town said it too may have been affected by a breach of Illuminate Education software. Apr 21, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
New York Mayor Eric Adams attends an event to raise the Ukrainian flag in support of the people at the Bowling Park in the heart of financial district on March 23. (Jimin Kim / VIEWpress / Getty Images) New York City wants vendor investigated after apparent hack affecting 820,000 students Student records going back to 2016 were affected in the breach of a vendor that provides grading and attendance software. Mar 29, 2022 By Benjamin Freed