Millions of California students have sensitive data stolen — names, SSIDs, home addresses and more taken in attack…
- California Department of Education third-party partner falls victim to a data breach attack
- An estimated three years' worth of students (5.7 million per year) likely affected
- It seems access was obtained by a simple password theft
Malwarebytes has reported that millions of current and former California public school students have had their sensitive personal information stole following a massive data breach.
The breach occurred in a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) system used by Educational Testing Service (ETS) – a third party used by the California Department of Education for managing student information.
According to the report, the attackers were able to regain entry repeatedly over the course of four months, accessing student files filled with names, addresses, dates of birth and more.
California student system breach likely impacting millions
Though ETS hasn't officially disclosed how many students have been impacted, Malwarebytes notes that the state's public schools counted more...
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