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While the security flaw — which could be abused to facilitate arbitrary code execution — also impacts Ivanti Policy Secure versions older than 22.7R1.2 and Ivanti Neurons for ZTA Gateways older than 22.7R2.3, such devices have not been subjected to attacks, according to Ivanti.

More files are being continuously added to the bucket, which has remained unprotected since its discovery in June, according to Cybernews researchers who disputed the purportedly end-to-end encrypted nature of the stored logs.

Information compromised in the breach included not only names, birthdates, email addresses, and phone numbers, but also Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, taxpayer IDs, payment details, and health and health insurance and billing data, according to a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

Unauthorized access to the database prompted the exfiltration of recruitment-related information from April 2016 to July 2024, including applicants' names, birthdates, email addresses, and employment history, but not their financial details, passports, credentials, and uploaded documents.

Additional details regarding the incident, which was initially reported by independent tech news outlet 404media, remain uncertain but cybersecurity researchers John Hammond of Huntress and Marley Smith of RedSense have confirmed the veracity of the nearly 1.4 GB of data exposed by the threat actor on the XSS website.

Infiltration of PowerSchool's PowerSource customer support portal via stolen credentials enabled threat actors to access a maintenance access tool enabling entry to SIS instances and the eventual exfiltration of data such as names and addresses, as well as personally identifiable information, Social Security numbers, medical details, and grades, according to PowerSchool.

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