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Chico State employee charged with hacking, leaking vaccine exemption requests

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Dissent

Austin Herbaugh reports:

A Chico State employee has been charged with criminal hacking after officials say he leaked vaccine exemption requests and personal information from some students.

22-year-old Alejandro Benitez is accused of publishing a list of Chico State students who applied for a religious exemption from the university’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement.

Read more on KRCR.

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