Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data

Lane, 19, is accused of using stolen login credentials to access the computer network of a software and cloud storage company serving school systems in the US and abroad, according to US authorities. — Pixabay

BOSTON, Massachusetts: A Massachusetts college student will plead guilty to stealing millions of students' and teachers' private data from two US education tech companies and extorting it for ransom, the US attorney's office said.

Assumption University student Matthew Lane, 19, is accused of using stolen login credentials to access the computer network of a software and cloud storage company serving school systems in the US and abroad, according to US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah B. Foley.