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Regional Center of Orange County data breach

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Regional Center of Orange County (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 27 July 2026. The breach began on 27 May 2026, 61 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
27 July 2026
Breach began
27 May 2026
Found to notice
60 days (found 28 May 2026, by the company’s letter)
Time to tell
61 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
Lost or stolen device a janitorial service contracted to clean our Cypress office mistakenly disposed of documents placed in bins designated for secure destruction into the regular trash source

What the letter says

Found
On the morning of May 28, 2026, our staff discovered the issue
Began
On May 27, 2026, a janitorial service contracted to clean our Cypress office mistakenly disposed of documents placed in bins designated for secure destruction into the regular trash.
Offered
We have also arranged for your child to enroll in a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks services, if you would like to do so. This product provides your child with internet surveillance, and identity theft insurance at no cost to you upon enrollment.

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Read the letter (PDF), as filed with the California Attorney General.

Sources

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

If Regional Center of Orange County had your data

  1. Look for Regional Center of Orange County’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 Regional Center of Orange County 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 Regional Center of Orange County, 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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