Minnesota Department of Education hit by cybersecurity attack, 95,000+ students' data breached

MINNEAPOLIS -- Hackers have breached Minnesota Department of Education data, obtaining information on tens of thousands of students, the majority of which are in the state's foster care system. The department said they had been notified of a potential vulnerability in their file transfer service MOVEit on May 31, and 24 files were breached that same day. The files contained information of 95,000 students placed in foster care throughout the state, including their demographic information, names, dates of birth, and county of placement. Other information accessed includes similar demographic data...