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Oct. 20, 2021Columbia, Mo. |  By: AP

Missouri budget officials outline $50M cost of data breach

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million.

Missouri House budget officials told Democratic lawmakers Tuesday that the rough estimate includes credit monitoring and the cost of a call center to help teachers.

House Budget officials got the cost estimate from Republican Gov. Mike Parson's administration. Parson has refused to explain to reporters the $50 million price tag he cited for the data breach last week.

His spokeswoman and the Budget and Planning Office didn't immediately respond to Associated Press inquiries Tuesday.