A former Chicago Public Schools worker faces several felony charges after officials allege the worker stole Attack.Databreach personal information on about 80,000 employees , volunteers and vendors from a CPS database . The former worker , Kristi Sims , was arrested Thursday ; officers recovered the stolen files after executing search warrants , according to CPS and Chicago police officials . Sims , 28 , is a former contractor who handled administrative tasks for the Office of Safety and Security . Sims was ordered released on her own recognizance at a bond hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building by Judge Sophia Atcherson ; Sims also was ordered not to access to the internet while the case continues . In a letter to employees Thursday evening , CPS Chief Operating Officer Arnie Rivera said the district learned of the massive data breach Attack.Databreach Wednesday , the day after the information was stolen Attack.Databreach . Among the data stolen Attack.Databreach were names , employee ID numbers , phone numbers , addresses , dates of birth , criminal arrest histories and DCFS findings . Social Security numbers were not taken Attack.Databreach , Rivera said . “ There was no indication that the information , which was in the individual ’ s possession for approximately 24 hours , was used or disseminated to anyone in any way , ” Rivera added . A CPS spokesman referred questions about the criminal charges to Chicago police , but Rivera said “ CPS will work to ensure the individual is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. ” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Sims is also suspected of deleting the targeted files from the CPS database after they were stolen Attack.Databreach . The digital equipment seized in the warrant is being analyzed , and a search warrant is underway for Sims ’ s email account , Guglielmi said . Though police say they don ’ t believe anyone other than Sims was in possession of the data , they hope to learn more about what might have been done with the information . This latest CPS data breach Attack.Databreach comes only a few months after the school district mistakenly sent a mass email that linked to the private information of thousands of students and families . The email invited families to submit supplemental applications to selective enrollment schools . Attached at the bottom of the email was a link to a spreadsheet with the personal data of more than 3,700 students and families . In that incident , CPS apologized for the “ unacceptable breach Attack.Databreach of both student information and your trust ” and asked recipients of the email to delete the sensitive information . The data included children ’ s names , home and cellphone numbers , email addresses and ID numbers .