Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on behalf of KDW Automotive

Organization

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on behalf of KDW Automotive

Source

California AG · source record

Date reported

Apr 20, 2020

Date(s) of breach

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Residents affected

Not published by this source

Data exposed

Social Security number Name

Notice letter

Sample notice (PDF)

Discovered

Nov 6, 2019, as stated in the letter

"On December 23 rd , 2019, Wells Fargo learned that an email, which included a file with some of your personal information intended for your current 401K service provider, was mistakenly sent to another financial institution and one of ou..."

Days to notice

166 days from discovery (Nov 6, 2019) to the California record (Apr 20, 2020). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period

Offered in the letter

24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian

Third party

The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider

First seen by BreachTally

2026-10-30 16:10 UTC

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