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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 28, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Important security tips for UC Retirement Savings Program Accounts with Fidelity</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161058449"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161057670"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.
<u>Do not reply to this email.</u> Please<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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UCOP was notified of fraudulent activity affecting UC Retirement Savings Program accounts manage by Fidelity Investments. Approximately 120 participants may potentially be impacted and all have been contacted to provide additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;letter-spacing:.3pt;background:white">Fidelity’s cybersecurity team has identified the issue, closed the vulnerability, and taken immediate steps to protect all potentially affected
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;letter-spacing:.3pt;background:white">Under Fidelity’s Customer Protection Guarantee, Fidelity will reimburse any losses from unauthorized account activity, provided the activity
was not due to the employee’s actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;letter-spacing:.3pt;background:white">A UCnet article related to the Fidelity fraud incident titled “Important updates and security tips for UC Retirement Savings Program Accounts”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232333;letter-spacing:.3pt;background:white">Here is the direct link: <a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/important-updates-and-security-tips-for-uc-retirement-savings-program-accounts/">Important
updates and security tips for UC Retirement Savings Program Accounts | UCnet (universityofcalifornia.edu)</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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