Kalahari employee data may have been exposed after network intrusion
Kalahari says an unauthorized party accessed its network and may have affected current or former employees’ personal data. Its notice includes names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Texas lists 13,319 affected residents.
- Disclosed
- Nov 9, 2026
- Public disclosure date
- Severity
- Septic Tank Blew
- No CVE: a breach, not a bug
- Splash zone
- Current and former employees notified by Kalahari.
- Kalahari · employee data · data breach
- In the wild
- Yes
- Kalahari confirms unauthorized network access and possible employee data exposure.
What happened
Kalahari says the October 9 network intrusion led to an October 16 determination that personal information may have been affected. The sample addressed to employees lists a date of birth among the possible fields. The Texas public row lists names, addresses and Social Security numbers. The state figure covers Texans. Kalahari did not describe the access path or say whether data was copied, and the notice reports no evidence of specific misuse at the time it was written.
Crime-scene timeline
Oct 9, 2026
Kalahari detects unauthorized network access
The company retains external security experts to secure the network and investigate.
Oct 16, 2026
Investigation identifies possible personal-data impact
Kalahari reviews what information could have been involved and whom it relates to.
Nov 9, 2026
California lists the employee notice
The public sample is dated October 30 and describes affected data and monitoring.
Nov 10, 2026
Texas publishes its state count
Texas lists 13,319 affected Texans and notices sent by U.S. mail.
Who said what
We list each claim and who made it. Primary sources (the vendor, the researcher, the registry) are marked. Where reports disagree, we grade by the worst credible case.
- California Attorney General breach listPrimaryDates public listing to November 9.
- Kalahari employee notice filed in CaliforniaPrimaryDescribes the incident, employee population, potential data types and 12-month credit monitoring.
- Texas Attorney General public registerPrimaryLists 13,319 Texas residents and state-level data categories.