Baltimore Public Schools Suffer Major Data Breach Affecting 31K Individuals

April 25, 2025, 11:21 am

Baltimore City Public Schools have detected a significant data breach impacting more than 31,000 students and employees. The incident has provoked urgent calls for a cybersecurity overhaul in educational institutions, raising alarms about the protection of personal data amid increasingly sophisticated digital attacks.

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bleepingcomputer.com / Baltimore City Public Schools data breach affects over 31,000 people

Baltimore City Public Schools notified tens of thousands of employees and students of a data breach following an incident in February when unknown attackers hacked into its network. [...]

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