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Fresno County Department of Social Services data breach

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Fresno County Department of Social Services (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 28 July 2026. The breach began on 26 August 2025, 336 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
28 July 2026
Breach began
26 August 2025
Found to notice
56 days (found 2 June 2026, by the company’s letter)
Time to tell
336 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.

How it happened

How
Insider anomalous unauthorized activity involving an employee source

What the letter says

Found
On 6/2/26, the Department learned of anomalous unauthorized activity involving an employee.
Began
on 8/26/25 a data file containing sensitive information was accessed by an unauthorized user
Exposed
First Name, Last Name, Address, Client Index Number (CIN) or Medi-Cal Number, Phone Number, and In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Case Number.
Offered
Read the Reducing the Risk of Identity Theft page included with this letter and consider taking the recommended actions.

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Sources

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

If Fresno County Department of Social Services had your data

  1. Look for Fresno County Department of Social Services’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 Fresno County Department of Social Services 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 Fresno County Department of Social Services, 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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