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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentProgramming ErrorMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Franchise Tax Board

bd_74c7af574c7a184f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2025

Filed

Jun 24, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Franchise Tax Board →

The California Franchise Tax Board disclosed an inadvertent data disclosure on April 25, 2025, caused by a programming error. An Order to Withhold Notice containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers was erroneously sent to a third-party payor. The FTB fixed the issue, instructed the payor to destroy the data, and offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals.

California clockDiscovered Apr 25, 2025 → Notified Jun 23, 202559d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 25, 2025

Begins

Apr 25, 2025

Discovered

Jun 24, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
California State AGJun 24 · first · this page
California State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing Jun 24 (CA), last Jul 17 (CA) — a 23-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.