Massive Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of Over 700K Retired California Workers

The personal information of about 769,000 retired CalPERS members was exposed in a third-party data breach that was reported earlier this month. CalSTRS also said it was impacted by the breach. CalPERS said the breach did not impact its own information systems, myCalPERS or active members. The breach could have also impacted inactive members who soon become eligible for benefits, CalPERS said. PBI said it reported the breach to federal law enforcement. CalPERS said that on Thursday it will begin sending letters to impacted members about the breach and will offer them free Experian credit monitoring for two years.