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US schools leaked 28.6 million records in 1,851 data breaches since 2005

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

Sam Cook reports:

Since 2005, K–12 school districts and colleges/universities across the US have experienced over 1,850 data breaches, affecting more than 28.6 million records.

Our team of researchers analyzed data over the past 15 years to find out where the hot spots are, the biggest causes of these breaches, and how many students have been affected by each breach.

Read more at CompariTech.

 


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