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SIU officials say they are investigating "suspicious network activity" related to MOVEit, an online file transfer system that was recently attacked by a Russian hacking group.

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

Information exposed in the California breach includes names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The country’s largest public pension fund says the personal information of about 769,000 retired California employees and other beneficiaries — including Social Security numbers — was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. It blamed the breach on a third-party vendor that verifies deaths. […]

The California Public Employees Retirement system said they were offering affected members two years of free credit monitoring. Genworth said it would offer credit monitoring and ID theft protection.

The number of victims of the MOVEit hack grew by several million Thursday after CalPERS and an insurer said information entrusted to them had been compromised.

Information exposed in the California breach includes names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.

This week: Attackers hit European Investment Bank, causing a website outage, a California pensioners' fund suffered from a cyberattack triggered by vulnerabilities

The data breach has affected more than 769,000 members of the California Public Employees Retirement System.

A criminal hacking gang has added more names to its lists of alleged victims from a recent campaign that exploited a vulnerability in a popular file-transfer product.