2026 Del Monte Foods — data breach notices filed in California, Vermont and Texas; SSNs and financial data; PayoutsKING claim unverified
Data compromised
Name, Social Security number, driver's license or government ID number, and financial account information. The Texas filing lists 3,475 residents and Vermont lists 4. The total is not disclosed.
Technical writeup
Company-filed notices. Breach dates differ across sources (February 7, February 19, April 1); the California filing's date is used. The notice letter was not reviewed.
Root cause
Del Monte Foods filed breach notices with California, Vermont and Texas regulators in October 2026. The California filing gives February 7, 2026, as the breach date. PayoutsKING, a ransomware group, has claimed the attack; the claim is unverified.