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Confirmed breach

College of the Desert data breach

USUnited States

College of the Desert (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 1 March 2023. The breach began on 2 June 2022, 272 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
1 March 2023
Breach began
2 June 2022
Time to tell
272 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.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to California. · Corrections and changes

If College of the Desert had your data

  1. Look for College of the Desert’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If College of the Desert has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be College of the Desert, 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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Earlier breaches at College of the Desert

From the official registers’ and Have I Been Pwned’s full histories. A name match: check the notice to be sure it is the same company.

  1. California Attorney General · began 5 June 2014

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