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      SEC Charges Pearson plc for Misleading Investors About Cyber Breach

      Aug 20, 2021 10:47:20 AM

      2021-08-16

      SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Pearson plc, a London-based public company that provides educational publishing and other services to schools and universities, agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 cyber intrusion involving the theft of millions of student records, including dates of births and email addresses, and had inadequate disclosure controls and procedures.

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