According to sources, New York City public school (a Education organization in New York) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-03-27.

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Source 1  |  2022-03-27

Personal data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack, says city's Education Department

“-"California-based software company Illuminate Education has found itself the target of a recent wave of criticism after an online hack compromised the personal data of about 820,000 current and former New York City public school students." -" the breach of Illuminate Education, used by the city's Department of Education to track grades and attendance, resulted in a hacker gaining access to student names, birthdays, and ethnicities, as well as English-speaking, special-education, and free-lunch statuses." -"the hacker or hackers are thought to have obtained private data going back to the 2016 - 2017 school year." -" the New York Police Department, the FBI, and the state's Attorney General to investigate the incident, also requesting that the state's Education Department examine Illuminate's compliance with student data privacy laws. " “

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