Potential impacts of Alabama State Department of Education being hacked [Video]

ALABAMA (WHNT) — The hacking of the Alabama State Department of Education’s system could mean your student’s data is now in the hands of criminals, but not just students, it also includes teachers and faculty.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey says the Alabama State Department of Education believes data was stolen during a cyber attack back in June, but officials are working to determine what data was stolen and who might be impacted.

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Jay Town, the vice president of Gray Analytics, a cybersecurity company, says state, local and city agencies are always a target for hackers due to how much information they collect.

“There’s a lot of data on a lot of people,” Town said. “Think about all the forms all the information that goes on the forms when you enroll a child in a public school. It’s not …