Web.com Group, Inc.

Web.com Group, Inc. notified California AG on Nov 5, 2019 of a data breach, which occurred on Aug 22, 2019. Data exposed: Financial / bank account, Usernames / passwords, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: Web.com Group, Inc.
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Nov 5, 2019
Date(s) of breach: Thursday, August 22, 2019
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Financial / bank account Usernames / passwords Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: Oct 16, 2019, as stated in the letter
"On October 16, 2019, [Web.com] OR [[Brand], a Web.com subsidiary], determined that a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of our computer systems in late August 2019, and as a result, account information may have be..."
Days to notice: 20 days from discovery (Oct 16, 2019) to the California record (Nov 5, 2019). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:12 UTC

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