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When Celeste Gravatt first heard about a data breach in her kids school system in February 2023, it sounded innocuous.
“I didn’t really think anything of it at first,” Gravatt says.
Officials at Minneapolis Public Schools called it a “system incident,” then “technical difficulties,” and finally, “an encryption event.”
Gravatt has two children who have already graduated from Minneapolis schools, and one who is currently in middle school. She says it was only when she checked social media that she realized the true extent of the attack, and what it could
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