Incident · State breach notice (California AG)
Rodenburg Law Firm data breach: debt recovery files with Social Security numbers and medical details
Compiled from public records. Updated 2026-11-13. By the cisonews.net Desk.
The Rodenburg Law Firm data breach affected 119,895 people, the total Rodenburg Law Firm reported to Indiana's attorney general for notices sent on April 21, 2026, for a breach dated August 26, 2025. Rodenburg Law Firm, which describes itself as a debt recovery law firm, says it found anomalous activity in its network on August 26, 2025, and that an unknown third party had access to its environment for a short time. Indiana's attorney general records 119,895 people affected in total, 231 of them in Indiana, with notice sent on April 21, 2026. The exposed files held names with Social Security numbers, dates of birth, payment card numbers and medical condition or treatment information. The letter offered 12 months of credit monitoring through Cyberscout.
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Why did I get a letter from Rodenburg Law Firm?
The letter's first line gives the firm's business: Rodenburg Law Firm is a debt recovery law firm. It does not say how the firm came to hold each reader's information, or on whose behalf. Texas published its report on April 24, 2026, three days after the letter date. A reader who has never hired the firm may still be in its files. The guide to letters from companies you never dealt with explains how that happens with firms that hold data for someone else.
What happened at Rodenburg Law Firm?
After it found the activity, the firm says it opened an investigation, brought in cybersecurity experts and notified law enforcement. The investigation found unauthorized access to the network by an unknown third party for a short span of time. The firm says the incident was limited to its own network. Certain files in that environment were exposed to the intruder.
The letter does not say how the intruder got in, what "a short span of time" was in hours or days, or whether files were copied or only exposed. It does not mention ransomware or name any group. A review of the exposed data concluded on March 20, 2026, and the firm says that is when it learned whose information was involved.
| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2025 | Rodenburg discovers anomalous activity; breach date in California's and Indiana's records | Letter; California and Indiana records |
| March 20, 2026 | Review of the impacted data concludes | Letter |
| April 21, 2026 | Letter date; notice sent, per Indiana | Letter; Indiana record |
| April 24, 2026 | Texas publishes the report | Texas record |
The letter is dated 238 days after the discovery and 32 days after the review ended. California's record gives August 26, 2025 as the date of the breach. The guide to how long companies take to notify compares that gap with other California filings in this log.
What information was in the Rodenburg Law Firm breach?
The filed sample names the data in full, with no blank field for it. It lists first and last name, in combination with Social Security number, date of birth, payment card number and medical condition or treatment information.
Texas's record lists four categories: name, Social Security number, financial information such as account or card numbers, and date of birth. The Texas form does not list medical information for this report, though the letter does. The two documents are set side by side here and not reconciled.
| Data type | In the letter | In the Texas record |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes | Yes |
| Social Security number | Yes | Yes |
| Date of birth | Yes | Yes |
| Payment card number | Yes | Financial information |
| Medical condition or treatment | Yes | Not listed |
Because the list includes medical details, the letter's reference guide advises reading statements from health care providers and insurers as well as banks.
How many people were affected by the Rodenburg Law Firm breach?
Indiana gives the only total: 119,895 people.
| Record | People counted |
|---|---|
| Indiana attorney general, total | 119,895 |
| Texas residents | 606 |
| Indiana residents | 231 |
The ranking of 2026 breaches by people affected shows where it falls, and the ranking of breaches affecting Texans compares the Texas count.
What is Rodenburg Law Firm offering?
Twelve months of single-bureau credit monitoring, credit report and credit score services from Cyberscout, a TransUnion company, at no charge, with fraud assistance. Enrolment was at bfs.cyberscout.com/activate with the code printed on each letter, within 90 days of the letter date. Counting from April 21, 2026, that window closed in July 2026. The guide to credit-monitoring offers compares this offer with others in this log.
The offer is single-bureau monitoring, so it watches one credit file, not all three. The letter's reference guide adds that a credit freeze is free and must be placed separately at each credit bureau.
Was my information in the Rodenburg Law Firm data breach?
If you received a letter from Rodenburg Law Firm dated April 21, 2026, from a Cyberscout P.O. box in Dearborn, Michigan, your information was in the exposed files. The letter gave 1-833-289-5011 and incident@jrllawoffice.com for questions, staffed for 90 days from the letter date, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday. That window has also passed.
The guide to law firm breach notices covers how other firms in this log describe their incidents.
What the notice leaves open
- How the unknown third party got into the network, and for how long.
- Whether files were copied, or only exposed.
- On whose behalf the firm held each reader's information.
- Why the Texas record leaves out the medical information the letter lists.
How this disclosure's timing compares
Rodenburg Law Firm disclosed 238 days after the discovery date its notice gives. Across the 206 other state breach notices on cisonews.net that date discovery to the day, the median gap is 100 days.
California's breach-notice rule
California's breach law (Civil Code § 1798.82 for businesses, § 1798.29 for state agencies) requires any person or business that must notify more than 500 California residents of a single breach to submit one sample copy of that notice to the Attorney General electronically. The California Attorney General's breach list, where this notice was found, is built from those submissions. Source: California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Data Security Breach Reporting. The guide Data breach laws by state: notice deadlines and attorney general thresholds in 23 states reads the rule in full, and the glossary defines Breach notification law.
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- Troutman Pepper Locke, Breach notice, first disclosed October 28, 2026; 63,358 affected in total (Indiana Attorney General)
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Sources
- 2026-04-21 · ARodenburg Law Firm, notification letter filed with the California Attorney General, published April 21, 2026
- 2026-11-10 · ACalifornia Attorney General, data breach notification record, published November 10, 2026
- 2026-11-10 · AIndiana Attorney General, data breach year-to-date report (2026), published November 10, 2026
- 2026-11-10 · ATexas Attorney General, data security breach reports, published November 10, 2026
- undated · ACalifornia Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Data Security Breach Reporting
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