Rebecca Griesbach reports:
The Alabama State Department of Education experienced a data breach in June that may have compromised some student and employee data, officials announced Wednesday.
On June 17, information system staff interrupted and stopped an attack on the department’s computer system before hackers could fully access the system or lock it, according to State Superintendent Eric Mackey. He said staff were able to restore all system data with backups, but there is a possibility that some data was compromised.
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