Pearson PLC Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

Pearson PLC and NCS Pearson Inc. are facing a proposed class action over a data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of hundreds of thousands students.

The FBI, in March 2019, notified the companies of a November 2018 cyberattack on AIMSweb, an education technology assessment platform they licensed to schools, according to the complaint.

The breach impacted approximately 13,000 school accounts containing the data of hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S., the complaint alleges.

The companies failed to take the necessary steps to ensure that AIMSweb was secure and safe from cyberattack, the complaint says.

And the ...