Confirmed breach

Caltrol data breach

USUnited States · Caltrol Inc.

Caltrol (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 7 May 2025. The breach began on 27 January 2025, 100 days before it was reported.

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: Not reported yet
Reported: 7 May 2025
Breach began: 27 January 2025
Time to tell: 100 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 Cactus named Caltrol on its leak site on 26 February 2025, 70 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notice · 7 May 2025California Attorney General

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If Caltrol had your data

Look for Caltrol Inc.’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 Caltrol Inc. has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Caltrol Inc., 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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