PhysicalLossEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumContained
The City of San Jose, California
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Full breach record for The City of San Jose, California →The City of San José notified affected individuals of a data security incident in which a workforce member lost a USB/thumb drive on January 9, 2026, containing names and Social Security numbers of current and former employees. The loss was discovered on January 12, 2026. Law enforcement was notified and the city is reviewing its data storage and transfer policies. Complimentary 12-month credit monitoring was offered through Epiq Privacy Solutions ID.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-618398
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jan 9, 2026
- Raw hash
- 33bec502d9c9372cbc06022da1620a2220482d16c4f1941ea9dcb1d04503bbaf
Reporting entity
- Name
- The City of San Jose, Californianorm: the city of san jose california
Victim entity
- Name
- The City of San Jose, Californianorm: the city of san jose california
Incident
- Discovered
- —
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- PIIIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unknown
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- Threat actor
- Internal
- Initial access
- insider_action
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.