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US teachers’ union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members


PSEA says it "took steps to ensure" its stolen data was deleted, suggesting a ransom demand was paid

PSEA said member account numbers, PINs, passwords, and security codes were also accessed during the breach, according to a letter sent to affected individuals. “We want to stress that not all data elements were acquired for every impacted individual,” PSEA told affected members in the letter. She has spent more than a decade in the technology industry, writing for titles including Forbes, TechRadar and WIRED.

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