Category: data theft

Millions of Genworth Policyholders and California Pensioners Had Data Stolen in Cyberhack

June 23, 2023
CaliforniaCalPERSCrime & Public SafetyCrime and Incidentscyber hackdata theftDefending AmericaFeatured Topicsgenworth financialNational SecurityRegional & State NewsState NewsTechTech NewsUSUS News
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The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…

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Data of Nearly 9 Million MCNA Dental Patients Exposed by Hackers

June 1, 2023
Business & MarketsCompaniesCrime & Public SafetyCrime and Incidentsdata theftdentalhackersMassive Data BreachTechTech NewsUSUS News
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The dental insurer Managed Care of North America (MCNA)—one of the largest dental health insurers in the United States—has warned that the personal information of nearly nine million individuals has been compromised after its computer system was hacked. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company—which bills itself as the leading dental benefits manager of government-backed plans for children and seniors—said in a…

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Ending the Chinese Regime’s Corruption of Our Politics

January 11, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intelligence operations against the West are well known. Washington Times journalist Bill Gertz’s reporting on the penetration of U.S. nuclear laboratories led to the loss of U.S. nuclear secrets with disastrous consequences for the national security of the United States. That China had access to crown jewels of the…

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US Elections Offices Start Severing Ties With Software Firm After Chief Executive’s Arrest

October 10, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionsdata theftDekalb CountyDetroitDistrict Attorney George GascónEugene YuFairfax CountyGAKonnechMontana Secretary of StatePoliticsUSUS News
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Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…

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Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest

October 10, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionsdata theftDekalb CountyDetroitDistrict Attorney George GascónEugene YuFairfax CountyGAKonnechMontana Secretary of StatePoliticsUSUS News
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Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…

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Election Software CEO Arrested Over Data Theft, Storing Data on Servers in China

October 5, 2022
Business & MarketsChinaChina Business & EconomyCompaniesdata theftelectionElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsKonnechLocal NewsMedia & Big TechRegional-Local NewssoftwareSouthern CaliforniatechnologyUSUS NewsUS-China relations
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The head of Konnech Corporation, a Michigan-based software company, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing and storing personal data of Los Angeles County election workers on servers in China. Konnech’s CEO Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested on charges of stealing “the personal identifying information” of LA County election workers, according to the LA County District…

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