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Technology
Anthony Spadafora

Half a million teachers hit in major data breach with SSNs, financial data and more exposed — what to do now

An open lock depicting a data breach.

Even if you practice perfect cyber hygiene, you can still wake up to find yourself amid a major security crisis resulting from a data breach, and that’s exactly what happened to half a million teachers.

As reported by The Record, over 500,000 teachers and other employees who work in education across Pennsylvania’s public schools had their sensitive personal and financial data stolen by hackers. This happened after the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) fell victim to a security incident last summer.

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