The dreaded data breach notification letter has just landed in your mailbox. You know -- the letter from your medical provider, government, insurance agency, employer or even your car dealer --  explaining your data was included in a recent data breach. The letters have become so ubiquitous that fake versions are now being sent by criminals in an effort to steal your information.

Lincoln College in Logan County closed its doors for good after 157 years in operation in 2022, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack. The school was named after President Abraham Lincoln and broke ground on his birthday in 1865. It was one of only a handful of rural American colleges that qualified as predominantly Black institutions by the Department of Education.