International Coffee & Tea, LLC Data Breach Notice (Oregon Attorney General)

The personal information of 53,901 people was exposed in a breach at International Coffee & Tea, LLC that occurred on April 05, 2024. The company filed its notification with the Oregon Department of Justice on December 19, 2024 — an interval of 258 days, or roughly eight and a half months.

If you received a letter from the company, your records were among those involved. The filing states that the organisation is required to notify affected Oregon residents directly, usually by post. Absence of a letter most often means your information was not included, but anyone who has moved since April 2024 should contact International Coffee & Tea directly to confirm their status.

What the Exposed Personal Information Actually Enables

The record lists only “personal information” as exposed. That category typically includes name, address, date of birth, and phone number. No passwords, no financial account numbers, no Social Security numbers, and no government identifiers were named in the filing. This is genuinely good news: the breach does not create immediate account takeover risk at International Coffee & Tea or any linked service.

Yet the exposed details remain valuable to identity thieves. A name paired with a current address and date of birth is enough to attempt new-account fraud, file a fraudulent tax return, or impersonate you in calls to other companies. These pieces of information do not expire. Once they are out, they stay out.

Why the 258-Day Gap Matters

The breach happened in early April 2024. Notification arrived for Oregon residents in mid-December. That span is long enough to be the single most noticeable fact in the filing. Notification deadlines vary by state and by when an investigation concludes, so the record does not establish fault. It does establish that nearly nine months passed between the incident and formal disclosure to regulators.

During that period the company investigated, contained the incident, and prepared notifications. The filing itself is silent on when the breach was discovered, how it occurred, or whether data was taken. Those details are not available to the public.

What Remains Permanent and What You Can Still Control

No permanent government identifiers were exposed. You do not need to freeze your credit solely because of this incident, though many people choose to keep a freeze in place year-round as basic protection. The data that was exposed cannot be changed: your name, date of birth, and past addresses are now facts that fraudsters can reference.

What you can control is how those facts are used against you. Thieves succeed when they combine breached data with fresh details harvested from other sources. Reducing the places where your current address and phone number appear makes that combination harder.

Practical Steps That Address This Specific Exposure

• Place a fraud alert with the three major credit bureaus. A 90-day or one-year alert forces lenders to verify your identity before opening new accounts in your name. It is free, quick, and directly counters the most common misuse of name-plus-address data.
• Review your annual credit reports now and again in six months. Look for accounts or inquiries you do not recognise. Early detection limits damage from any new-account fraud attempted with your details.
• Be cautious with unsolicited calls or messages that reference your coffee or tea purchases. Scammers often pose as customer service from companies whose records they have obtained. Never give verification details over the phone if you did not initiate contact.
• Update your contact information with every financial institution and government agency you deal with. Accurate phone numbers and addresses make it harder for thieves to redirect mail or reset accounts elsewhere using your breached details.
• Monitor statements and Explanation of Benefits forms for the next year. Even though financial data was not listed, opportunistic fraud can appear in unexpected places once personal information circulates.

The letter you may have received is the most reliable indicator of whether you are personally affected. For those who were, the exposure is real but limited. No credentials were compromised, no passwords need changing, and no immediate account-level action at International Coffee & Tea is required. Focus instead on the longer-term identity protection steps that address the specific data that is now in circulation.