Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-01-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Battelle for Kids
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Chicago Public Schools suffers a massive data breach that exposes the data of almost 500,000 students and 60,000 employee after their vendor, Battelle for Kids, suffered a ransomware attack in December 2021