Anyone watching the news over the past years and several months has heard about major data breaches at the federal government, Sony, Anthem, and Target Stores. Data breaches are often big news. But data breaches can occur in small places too. Oldham County, Kentucky, is located twenty miles northeast of Louisville. Some of Louisville’s most remote suburbs are located there, but much of the county is rural. In 2010, only 60,000 people lived in the county, along with 4700 horses. North Oldham County High School is located in Goshen, Kentucky, a town of less than 1000 people. In September, a food service employee at North Oldham High School noticed that something was wrong with her work computer after clicking on a link sent in an email. She had tried to access the Internet and go to a particular website, but her browser took her to a different site instead. She called the school technology coordinator, and the coordinator found that there was an issue and notified the…
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