CalPERS

Disclosed Aug 22, 2007445,000 affectedUnverified

Election brochures printed SSNs of 445,000 California retirees

Brochures announcing a CalPERS board election were mailed to about 445,000 retirees with all or part of each person's Social Security number on the address panel.

What is known

People affected	445,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Aug 22, 2007
Attack	Vendor breach
Data exposed	NamesAddressesSocial Security numbers
Sector	Government · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived December 2008)

Notices filed

TotalAug 22, 2007

Research445,000 people

Other breaches at CalPERS

Vendor MOVEit breach exposes data of about 770,000 pension membersVendor breach exposed names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. Reported to the California AG.Vendor breach770K affectedGovernmentUSJun 22, 2023

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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