Last week, pet products and services giant petco confirmed that it experienced a data breach Include the customer’s personal information, without specifying the type of data affected.
On Friday, in a legal filing with the Texas General Office, Petco was informed that the affected data included: Social License Number, Financial Number, and Driver’s Card Number, and Date of Birth.
Petco filed a valid notice in California, Massachusettsand MontanaSee rank-. In the latter two states, Petco reported one and three affected residents.
The company did not disclose the number of victims in California, where companies are required to report violations involving at least 500 citizens, indicating more victims in the state.
A spokesman for Petco ventura did not respond to multiple inquiries sent Monday, which included many customers affected by this incident; Does petco have technical means, including logs, to determine whether any cybercriminals have accessed and stolen the exposed data; Whether and when specific problems are identified; And what applications are involved in this incident.
For context, in 2022, petco said So over 24 million subscribers.
On Friday, Petco Spokesman Ventura Olveera said in a statement to Tech Banking that the company has “provided more information to individuals whose information is involved.”
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General California General Publish a Sample Letter That Petco delivered to the customer. The message said Petco found a problem with “a setting in one of its software applications that inadvertently allowed files to be accessed online,” and “corrected” the unspecified setting.
The company offers free credit and identity monitoring services to victims in California, California, Massachusetts, Montana. Under California law, generally, companies must provide the service if the victim’s transmitter license number or social security number is compromised. It is unclear if Petco also offers this service to victims in Texas.