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Personal data of more than 700,000 retired California workers and beneficiaries have been stolen

By SOPHIE AUSTIN - Jun 22, 2023, 04:15 PM ET
Last Updated - Aug 13, 2024, 05:32 AM EDT
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The breach of the MOVEit program, discovered last month, is estimated by cybersecurity experts to have compromised hundreds of organizations globally. Confirmed victims include the U.S. Department of Energy and several other federal agencies, more than 9 million motorists in Oregon and Louisiana, Johns Hopkins University, Ernst & Young, the BBC and British Airways

California officials are notifying state retirees and other beneficiaries whose personal information has been stolen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries — including Social Security numbers — was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. 

They said they were offering impacted members two years of free credit monitoring. 

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The breach of the MOVEit program, discovered last month, is estimated by cybersecurity experts to have compromised hundreds of organizations globally. Confirmed victims include the U.S. Department of Energy and several other federal agencies, more than 9 million motorists in Oregon and Louisiana, Johns Hopkins University, Ernst & Young, the BBC and British Airways. 

The criminal gang behind the hack, known as Cl0p, is extorting victims, threatening to dump their data online if they don't pay up. 

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