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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Austin

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

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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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