芝加哥公立学校警报:网络攻击暴露了70多万名学生的个人信息。 Chicago Public Schools alert: Cyberattack exposed personal info of over 700,000 students.

芝加哥公立学校(CPS)提醒家庭注意一场网络攻击, 揭露70多万现任和前任学生的个人信息。 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) alerted families to a cyberattack that exposed personal information of over 700,000 current and former students. 这一违规事件是由CPS供应商的服务器遭到赎金软件袭击、姓名、出生日期、性别和学生身份证被泄露造成的。 The breach, caused by a ransomware attack on a CPS vendor's server, compromised names, birth dates, genders, and student IDs. 大约一半的受影响学生也获得了医疗补助的身份证号码。 For about half the affected students, Medicaid ID numbers were also accessed. CPS保证,没有涉及社会保障数字、财务细节或健康数据。 CPS assured that no Social Security numbers, financial details, or health data were involved. 该区正在与执法部门合作,建议受影响的个人要求免费信贷报告,并考虑发出欺诈警报。 The district is working with law enforcement and recommends affected individuals request free credit reports and consider placing a fraud alert.