RED BLUFF, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the County of Tehama, Calif. introduced that it has addressed an information safety incident that resulted in unauthorized entry to information on its techniques.
On Aug. 19, 2022, the County of Tehama
concluded its investigation of an information safety incident that resulted
in unauthorized entry to non-public data pertaining to sure
County of Tehama Department of Social Services information. The County of Tehama first realized in regards to the incident on April 9, 2022, when the County of Tehama detected suspicious exercise on its IT techniques. Upon figuring out this suspicious exercise, the County of Tehama instantly took steps to guard and safe its techniques. The County of Tehama additionally launched an investigation and notified regulation enforcement. Through the investigation, the County of Tehama decided that an unauthorized social gathering gained entry to its IT community between the dates of Nov. 18, 2021, and April 9, 2022.
The investigation additional decided that the unauthorized social gathering
accessed information on the County of Tehama Department of Social Services’
techniques. The County of Tehama performed a evaluate of the information which will have been accessed on account of this incident. Through this evaluate, the County of Tehama decided that data pertaining to sure present and former County of Tehama
staff, recipients of companies from the County of Tehama Department
of Social Services, and different affiliated people was contained in
a number of of these information. This data included people’
names, dates of delivery, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers,
driver’s license numbers, and knowledge associated to companies obtained
from County of Tehama Department of Social Services.
On Nov. 17, 2022, the County of Tehama started mailing letters to people whose data might have been concerned within the incident. The County of Tehama
is providing complimentary credit score monitoring and id theft
safety companies to people whose Social Security numbers or
driver’s license numbers had been concerned. The County of Tehama
additionally has established a devoted, toll-free incident response line to
reply questions that people might have. If people have any
questions on this incident or consider their data might have been
concerned, they need to name 855-926-1376, Monday via Friday, between 6:00 a.m. and three:30 p.m., Pacific Time.
To date, the County of Tehama has not obtained any studies of fraud associated to this incident. However, the County of Tehama
recommends that people whose data might have been concerned
stay vigilant to the opportunity of fraud by reviewing their monetary
account statements and instantly reporting any suspicious exercise to
their monetary establishment.
The County of Tehama deeply regrets
any inconvenience or concern this will trigger. To assist forestall an analogous
incident from occurring sooner or later, the County of Tehama has applied enhanced monitoring and alerting software program.
SOURCE: County of Tehama, California