- California Cryobank confirmed to suffer a data violation in 2024
- Social safety numbers, driver’s license numbers and more were stolen
- The company offers credit monitoring services to some customers
One of the biggest sperm banks in the United States has suffered a cyber attack where it lost sensitive customer data.
California Cryobank confirmed the news in an archiving for the Maine Office of the Attorney General, as well as in a review of data violation were sent to affected persons.
In the message letter, the company said it discovered suspicious activity on its network on April 21, 2024 and isolated potentially affected devices from the network.
What about the donor -ids?
“Through our study, CCB determined that an unauthorized party gained access to our IT environment and may have access to and/or acquired files that were maintained on certain computer systems between April 20, 2024 and April 22, 2024,” the letter says.
California Cryobank is a sperm and egg bank that provides reproduction services, including sperm donation, egg freezing and genetic screening. It is among the largest sperm banks in the United States that offer a wide range of donors and services and operates in all 50 states and more than two dozen countries around the world.
A more thorough study that lasted almost a year concluded CCB that different personal data was exposed to customers, such as names, bank accounts and route numbers, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, debit card numbers and/or health insurance information. It did not say how many people were affected.
It is unclear whether donor information, such as donor -id numbers, was also stolen in the attack. When a person donates sperm, they are assigned an ID number and their identity remains hidden until the child turns 18 and decides to learn more about their biological father. Leaking ID numbers can be a major problem with privacy.
The company has offered one year’s value of credit monitoring to people whose social security number and driver’s license numbers were postponed in the attack.
Via Bleeping computer
