Citizens Bank September 2026 incident: customer data accessed by an unauthorised third party
Add to my breach checkMade public · 1,260,000 people
What leaked6
Hard to replace
- Mobile number
- Home or delivery address
- Email address
Permanent
- Social Security number
- Date of birth
- Full name
- Mobile numberphone number · type not stated
To-dos11 · about 2 h 30 min in all
- Freeze your credit at Equifax, Experian and TransUnionStops: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
- Get an IRS Identity Protection PINStops: tax refund fraud (opens in a new tab)
- Know the scam pattern: calls and texts that cite these leaked detailsLimits harm from: scam calls, phishing messages
- Place a fraud alert on your credit reportsLimits harm from: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
- Check your credit reports every week, freeHelps you notice: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
6 more
- Do nowTurn on instant transaction alertsHelps you notice: scam calls
- This weekTurn on your carrier's port-out lockLimits harm from: SIM swap
- This weekTurn on your carrier's SIM-change lockLimits harm from: SIM swap
- This weekFreeze your NCTUE phone and utility fileLimits harm from: phone or utility account (opens in a new tab)
- This weekRemove your address and phone from public profiles and tighten SNS privacyLimits harm from: visits or contact at home
- This weekUse an authenticator app or passkey instead of SMS codesLimits harm from: SMS code theft
What happened next6 events
- Undetected 2 events0 days · show events
- Response 3 eventsNotice in 39 days · Back to latest
- Remedy 1 eventOngoing · show events
- PenaltyNone on record
- DisputesNone on record
Response: 3 events
Back to latest- Texas attorney general published the filing: 1,260,000 people in total, 14,371 in Texas
- Sample notice letter filed with the California attorney general on 19 October 2026
- Breach notice filed with the California attorney general
- Company
- Citizens Bank September 2026 incident
- When it happened
- –
- Company detected it
- Made public
- Notice
- Leak confirmed
- Affected
- 1,260,000 people · total in Citizens Bank's filing with the Texas attorney general
Sources
- California Attorney General regulator, breach list (opens in a new tab)checked November 6, 2026
- Citizens Bank company notice (opens in a new tab)checked November 6, 2026
- California Attorney General regulator, breach report (opens in a new tab)checked November 6, 2026
- Texas Attorney General regulator (opens in a new tab)checked November 4, 2026
- ClassAction.org press (opens in a new tab)checked November 6, 2026