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OBI Seafoods Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on March 21, 2025 in Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from OBI Seafoods, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

On March 20, 2025, OBI Seafoods, LLC (“OBI”) reported a significant cybersecurity incident to the Attorney’s General offices of Texas and California. According to the notice, on August 16, 2024, an unauthorized party accessed the private and sensitive personal information of current and former workers and vendors of OBI and Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC (“OBS”), that was stored in OBI’s systems (the “Data Breach”). At this time, the total number of impacted individuals is unknown, however more than 1,000 Texans have had their information compromised.  

While the breach was discovered on August 16, 2024, it took until March 2025 for OBI to send data breach notification letters to individuals impacted by the Data Breach. Each notification letter includes complimentary access to single bureau credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company. If you received a data breach notification letter from OBI, it indicates that you were affected by the Data Breach. 

Founded in 2020 from the merger of Ocean Beauty and Icicle Seafoods and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, OBI supplies wild Alaskan seafood throughout the United States. OBI has an annual revenue of around $65 million and employs about 220 individuals. 

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED IN THE OBI SEAFOODS DATA BREACH?

According to its notice, the information leaked in the Data Breach includes: 

  • Name
  • Address
  • Date of Birth
  • Demographic information
  • Social Security number
  • Government Identification information (such as driver’s license information)
  • Bank Account information
  • Medical information
  • Health Insurance and Claims information
  • Dependents and Beneficiaries information

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. 

Personal medical information (a specific type of PII) is referred to as Protected Health Information (“PHI”). It is protected under both state and federal law. Healthcare providers and other businesses who handle PHI are required to protect that information. Like stolen PII, stolen PHI can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. Quite often, PII and PHI are used in conjunction by hackers.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. 

California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from OBI Seafoods, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.