Coast Financial Services

Coast Financial Services notified California AG on Sep 1, 2020 of a data breach, which occurred on May 6, 2020. Data exposed: Social Security number, Tax ID / EIN / ITIN, Postal address, Name.

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

Organization: Coast Financial Services
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Sep 1, 2020
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Tax ID / EIN / ITIN Postal address Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: May 6, 2020, as stated in the letter
"On May 6, 2020, Coast discovered that two servers had been encrypted and rendered inaccessible."
Days to notice: 118 days from discovery (May 6, 2020) to the California record (Sep 1, 2020). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:09 UTC

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