Colorado got $3.6 million from the Equifax breach. It’ll help start a rural college program to prevent this from happening again. – The Colorado Sun

Colorado Northwestern Community College President Ron Granger blurted out the first thing that came to mind when he was asked in August what he would do for the school if he had the money: build a cybersecurity program.

That was a pretty bold idea for a school serving a region best known for outdoor recreation and big-game hunting. But Granger said it to the right person: Attorney General Phil Weiser, who was figuring out what to do with the $3.6 million in settlement money Colorado received related to the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people.

via Colorado got $3.6 million from the Equifax breach. It’ll help start a rural college program to prevent this from happening again. – The Colorado Sun.