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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

Massive CPS data breach exposes records of 560,000 students, employees

Almost 500,000 Chicago Public Schools students and nearly 60,000 employees have had their data exposed thanks to a massive data breach. (Sun-Times file photo)

A massive data breach has exposed four years’ worth of records of nearly 500,000 Chicago Public Schools students and just under 60,000 employees, district officials said Friday.

The attack targeted a company that has a no-bid contract with the school system for teacher evaluations and involved basic information — including students’ dates of birth — but no financial records or Social Security numbers, according to CPS.

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