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State of California, Department of Child Support Services data breach

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State of California, Department of Child Support Services (United States) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach on 6 August 2025. The breach began on 26 June 2025, 41 days before it was reported.

Breach reported 6 August 2025

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
6 August 2025
Breach began
26 June 2025
Time to tell
41 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

Breach reported 12 March 2025

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
12 March 2025
Breach began
14 January 2025
Time to tell
57 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 State of California, Department of Child Support Services had your data

  1. Look for State of California, Department of Child Support 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 State of California, Department of Child Support 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 State of California, Department of Child Support 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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Earlier breaches at State of California, Department of Child Support Services

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 12 March 2012

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