City of Bedford, Texas (TX, United States) notified the Texas Attorney General and the Indiana Attorney General of a data breach on 15 May 2026. It affected 14,331 people. Exposed: Social Security numbers, Driver’s license numbers, Government ID numbers, Health insurance details, Health and medical information and Financial account and card details and more. The breach began on 5 April 2025, 405 days before it was reported.
Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
14,331 people
Reported
15 May 2026
Breach began
5 April 2025
Time to tell
405 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
What was exposed
Social Security numbers
Driver’s license numbers
Government ID numbers
Health insurance details
Health and medical information
Financial account and card details
Dates of birth
Names
Addresses
What changed since it was first reported
Confirmed breach, 14,331 people (Indiana Attorney General)
Look for City of Bedford, Texas’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
Call your bank on the number printed on your card (never one from a message), check recent payments and ask for a new card.
An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
Check your health insurer’s statements for treatment you never had.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be City of Bedford, Texas, 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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