California-Oregon Telecommunications Company data breach
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California-Oregon Telecommunications Company (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 4 April 2023. The breach began on 16 June 2022, 292 days before it was reported.
Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
4 April 2023
Breach began
16 June 2022
Time to tell
292 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
What was exposed
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.
Before the notice: the ransomware gang Hive named California-Oregon Telecommunications Company on its leak site on 6 September 2022, 210 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.
If California-Oregon Telecommunications Company had your data
Look for California-Oregon Telecommunications Company’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If California-Oregon Telecommunications Company has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be California-Oregon Telecommunications Company, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.
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