MyHeritage Ltd.

MyHeritage Ltd. notified California AG on Jun 15, 2018 of a data breach, which occurred on Oct 26, 2017. Data exposed: Financial / bank account, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Postal address.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: MyHeritage Ltd.
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Jun 15, 2018
Date(s) of breach: Thursday, October 26, 2017
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Financial / bank account Usernames / passwords Email address Postal address
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Jun 4, 2018, as stated in the letter
"On June 4, 2018, at 1 pm EST, we became aware of a data breach involving the email addresses and hashed passwords (these are not actual passwords) of 92.3 million MyHeritage users."
Days to notice: 11 days from discovery (Jun 4, 2018) to the California record (Jun 15, 2018). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:14 UTC

Dates and counts as filed by the organization with the agency. The breach window and the report date often differ by months.

Not today? Take the free Monday digest: the week's filings by state and the largest by people affected. Once a week.

Data reproduced from a public government filing. Spot an error? Email support@breachtally.com with the record link. Corrections are applied and noted.