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Chicago Public Schools says ransomware attack affects nearly 500,000 students and 56,000 staff

  • Chicago Tribune staff--Chicago Tribune
  • published date: 2022-05-20 22:57:16 UTC

A CPS vendor storing the data had a ransonware attack in December, CPS says.

A data breach has compromised personal information of nearly 500,000 students in Chicago Public Schools and more than 56,000 employees. CPS released a statement Friday saying affected data included… [+2444 chars]