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Baltimore City Schools discloses February data breach affecting staff and a small share of students
Summary
CEO Sonja Santelises told the Board that hackers broke into district systems in February, compromising documents for some employees, contractors and volunteers and files for fewer than 1.5% of students (about 1,000). The district says it has notified law enforcement, tightened security and begun mailing notices with credit-monitoring offers.
Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises told the Board of School Commissioners on April 22 that the district suffered a computer network breach in February that may have compromised documents belonging to some current, former and prospective employees, volunteers and contractors, and files tied to fewer than 1.5% of students — about 1,000 of roughly 75,000 enrolled.
The confirmation followed an investigation the district said it carried out with law enforcement and external cybersecurity consultants. "We immediately notified law enforcement, conducted an initial investigation, and secured our operational systems," Santelises said during…
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