Colorado’s state government has warned students and teachers that hackers may have accessed their personal information — dating as far back as 2004.
In a notice on its website, the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) confirmed it experienced a ransomware incident that saw hackers access and copy data from its systems between June 11 and June 19. This data includes student and teacher names, addresses, Social Security numbers, student identification numbers, and other unspecified education records, according to CDHE.
The department said that those affected may include individuals who attended public higher education institutions in Colorado between 2007 and 2020 or attended a Colorado public high school between 2004 and 2020.
Additionally, the notice says others may be affected, including individuals with a Colorado K-12 public school educator license …
