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Cal State data breach hits nearly 80,000 students

A data breach at eight Cal State campuses exposed the personal information of nearly 80,000 students enrolled in an online sexual violence prevention class, officials said Tuesday.

The breach occurred through a company, We End Violence, that was contracted to provide the non-credit class on sexual harassment, which is required of all students under state law.

Officials with the company could not immediately be reached for comment.

Two other vendors were also providing the classes but were not compromised, said Cal State spokeswoman Toni Molle.

Cal State officials said they had few details on how the hack occurred other than that there was a "vulnerability in the underlying code.