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Associated Press
4 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
PRIVACY ALERT: Brigham Young University Under Investigation for Data Breach of Records
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach impacting the sensitive personal information of individuals affiliated with Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. BYU recently learned that an unauthorized actor gained access to files on its servers between April 25, 2025, and April 27, 2025. Although the breach occurred in April 2025, BYU did not begin notifying affected individuals until on or around July 23, 2025, which may have violated state and federal laws. The following information may have been compromised in the breach: names and Social Security numbers (SSNs). If your personal information was impacted by this incident, you may be at risk of identity theft and other serious violations of your privacy. As a result, you may be entitled to money damages and an injunction requiring changes to BYU's cybersecurity practices. If you received notification of this data breach or are affiliated with BYU and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please contact us today or visit our website at About Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide. Contact Sonum Dixit Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP [email protected] Tel: 415-299-8207 View original content: SOURCE Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
BYU has added a new international guard
Kevin Young has brought another international prospect to Provo. BYU has signed Austrian combo guard Aleksej Kostić, the program announced Wednesday. 'We're very excited to add Aleksej to our program here at BYU,' Young said in a statement. 'He brings valuable experience having represented his country on the national team level. He is a high-level shooter who can play multiple positions and gives us another ball handler and play maker. We look forward to helping him take his game to another level.' Kostić most recently played in the Austrian Basketball Superliga, where he averaged 6.5 points per game and shot 36.3% from 3-point range. He is currently training with the Austrian National Team for their FIBA Men's World Cup 2027 qualifying matches in early August. The 6-foot-4 Kostić will be one of five international players on BYU's roster this coming season, joining Keba Keita, Khadim Mboup, Dominique Diomande and Mihailo Boskovic.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Notable College Football Quarterback Withdraws From School Before Season Opener
Notable College Football Quarterback Withdraws From School Before Season Opener originally appeared on The Spun. We're less than two months away from the start of the 2025 college football season, but one power conference contender is suddenly looking for a quarterback. On Friday, multiple outlets reported that BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff is withdrawing from the school. He released a statement announcing that he is planning on transferring and enrolling at a new school. "After a lot of prayer, reflection, and conversations with those I trust, I've made the difficult decision to officially withdraw from BYU and step away from the BYU Football program," Retzlaff said in a statement. "BYU has meant more to me than just football. It's been a place of growth -- spiritually, mentally, and physically. I'm grateful for every teammate, coach, staff member, and fan who's supported me along the way. The relationships and memories I've made in Provo will always be a part of me." In a statement shared with Thamel, the BYU athletic department offered thanks to Retzlaff for his time with their football program. 'We are grateful for the time Jake Retzlaff has spent at BYU. As he moves forward, BYU Athletics understands and respects Jake's decision to withdraw from BYU, and we wish him all the best as he enters the next phase of his career," BYU athletics said in a statement. Retzlaff played in all 13 games for the Cougars in 2024. He finished the year with 2,947 passing yards and 20 touchdowns with a conference-leading 12 interceptions and had the team just one win away from playing for the Big 12 Conference title. However, Retzlaff faced a seven-game suspension for the 2025 season for violating the school's stringent honor code. Retzlaff admitted to engaging in premarital sex after being accused of sexual assault. Premarital sex is prohibited under BYU's honor code. Fortunately for Retzlaff, other schools do not have such restrictions, so he won't be subject to the same suspension if and when he transfers. Retzlaff's timing might wind up keeping him off the field though. He'll have a hard enough time finding a school with an open scholarship, let alone a starting job less than eight weeks before the first kickoff. But even if 2025 isn't his year, 2026 could see him become one of the top "free agents" in college College Football Quarterback Withdraws From School Before Season Opener first appeared on The Spun on Jul 11, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Utah governor tells China ‘We are not for sale'
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox doubled down Tuesday on the state's ban on land sales to foreign adversaries, saying the state blocked a Chinese-owned corporation from buying Utah land near an airport in the last few months. The governor held a press conference at a small family farm in Utah County to declare that the Beehive State — which he said 'used to walk on pins and needles' when dealing with China — will be having none of it. 'We don't care anymore,' Cox said. 'It's saber rattling. This is what they do. And we're way past that.' Cox announced that in the past few months, Utah acted to block an attempted land purchase near Provo Airport by Cirrus Aircraft, a company that is majority-owned by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The proposed investment would have meant millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs for the state of Utah, Cox said. But the national security threats posed by the nation of China are such that the state has drawn a line in the sand, he said. 'We are not for sale,' Cox said. Utah was one of the first states to enact legislation over China-related national security concerns. In 2021, the Legislature passed a resolution encouraging the closure of Confucius Institutes, Chinese-partnered language learning centers, at Utah universities. The state later received praise from generals, assistant secretaries of defense and the Association of Defense Communities for laws passed in 2023 and 2024 that restricted the purchase of land by certain countries. In 2023, Rep. Candice Pierucci, R-Herriman, introduced legislation prohibiting foreign military companies from owning land in the state. This was followed a year later by an all out prohibition on land buys by businesses headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea or Russia. The bill, which was passed unanimously and signed by the governor in 2024, required these 'restricted foreign entities' to sell their interests in the state within one year or have their property confiscated and sold by the state, in which case the proceeds would go to the general fund. This upcoming legislative session Pierucci said to expect legislation addressing vulnerabilities to foreign influence over Utah's water infrastructure and the forced disclosure of critical minerals when ranchers sell products to China. 'The (Chinese Communist Party) is so invested in playing the long game,' Pierucci said. 'Taken together, these bills are far more than policy. They are a declaration that Utah will not be intimidated or infiltrated by authoritarian regimes, and they affirm that we value freedom, transparency and security over short term economic convenience.' Over the past few months, around 35,000 of the roughly 37,000 acres owned by Chinese organizations were sold to Utah buyers Steve Styler and Matt Garff, according to Cox, who said the Department of Public Safety is continuing investigations to identify the remaining landowners. The push to counter Chinese influence in the state is essential considering the state's high concentration of military bases, intelligence personal and individuals with international connections, speakers explained. 'It's important for folks to become wide awake to the issue,' Rep. Jefferson Burton, R-Salem, told the Deseret News. 'We're just simply trying to keep America safe, keep our citizens safe.' During his remarks, Cox spoke about China's decision to close congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and why he believes China took that action. Over the past few months, Chinese government authorities have shut down multiple meetinghouses of the church, Cox said, including local and expatriate branches in Beijing. This fits into a broader strategy by the People's Republic of China to wield 'leverage' over religious institutions, non profit groups, private industry and public office across the West to influence policy decisions, Cox said. Cox was joined by Pierucci, Burton, four other state lawmakers, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason, Spanish Fork Mayor Mike Mendenhall and Strider Executive Vice President Cooper Wimmer. For the past two years, Utah has partnered with Strider, a nationally recognized intelligence firm based in South Jordan, to identify foreign influence operations in the state and to track down Chinese land ownership, Cox confirmed. The group specializes in using AI large language models to scour foreign databases to locate potential security threats, including spies, that adversarial nations have deployed to steal industry secrets or infiltrate U.S. government. 'We're involved with an asymmetric war with China where they're using influence, they're using the press, religion, they're using media,' Wimmer said. 'And with open source intelligence we're able to understand what they're doing.' One of Strider's expertise is breaking down the proprietary ownership of land or businesses to spot if the Chinese Communist Party has even a 1% 'golden share,' which is enough to give the country control over company decisions. In recent years, multiple instances of Chinese operations have surfaced in Utah, including at least three Mandarin-speaking Utahns who were separately arrested and charged for attempting to deliver classified military materials and private intellectual property to Chinese counterparts. Traditionally businesses and state governments did not have access to the kind of intelligence operations to spot espionage in international supply chains, and that's where Strider comes in, according to Strider CEO Greg Levesque. Taking action against Chinese actors at the state level will not only protect Utah semiconductor, aerospace and defense companies from being spied on, it will bolster state and national security interests, Levesque said. But there is more to be done at the government level, Levesque said. In 2023, Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney asked the U.S attorney general to address alleged Chinese intelligence center in Salt Lake City. 'I think the public needs to understand that nation states like China are mapping us out,' Levesque told the Deseret News. 'They're trying to dissect our system, our economy, how it works, and then they deploy intelligence resources after that.' The state is still working with federal partners to address these so-called 'shadow precincts' in Salt Lake City, Cox said. While he couldn't share details the governor confirmed that 'we have had Chinese spies in Utah.'
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
BYU basketball freshman AJ Dybantsa's Fanatics deal helps boost $4.1 million NIL valuation
The post BYU basketball freshman AJ Dybantsa's Fanatics deal helps boost $4.1 million NIL valuation appeared first on ClutchPoints. This season, the BYU basketball program will likely have more eyes on it than usual thanks to the presence of star freshman AJ Dybantsa. Dybantsa is widely expected to be one of the, if not the first name off of the board in next June's NBA Draft, but not before a college season at BYU that will be filled with anticipation. Advertisement Although he is set to cash in big-time once he gets to the NBA, Dybantsa is already able to make some serious bread at the college level thanks to the sport's new NIL (name, image, and likeness) rules, and recently, some new information was unearthed on some commitments that Dybantsa has already made in that department. 'Dybantsa has signed a multi-year partnership with Fanatics and Fanatics Collectibles,' reported Nick Schultz of On3 Sports. 'We're excited to announce that we've signed BYU star AJ Dybantsa to an exclusive trading card & memorabilia deal,' said the company in a statement on their account on X, formerly Twitter. Schultz also reported that the partnership will be 'focused on trading cards and memorabilia, (and) will also continue beyond his college career once he eventually heads to the NBA.' Advertisement Dybantsa's current NIL valuation is at $4.1 million. Dybantsa essentially checks every box of what teams are looking for in the modern NBA. At 6'9″, he has an NBA-ready frame to be an elite wing at the next level, and has all of the tools to be an elite defender the second he gets to the league. He also has immense athleticism, a solid handle, and a silky-smooth jumper that have garnered comparisons to players like Paul George and other NBA stars. Before all of that, though, Dybantsa will have a chance to push his draft stock even higher (if that's possible) during this year with BYU, where the team will have the national spotlight thanks to his arrival. Related: Chris Paul dishes out priceless advice to Wake Forest basketball Related: USC basketball's Alijah Arenas to be cleared for practice
