Data breach exposes social security numbers, birth dates of hundreds of Texas students

Source: Dallas News

“Personal information from students in 39 Texas school districts was likely exposed in a data breach involving a Texas Department of Agriculture employee’s laptop.

The state-issued laptop was attacked by ransomware on Oct. 26, according to a Nov. 22 security notification from the agriculture department.  The breach is said to have exposed Social Security numbers, home addresses, birth dates and personal phone numbers of students and their families…”