Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek Data Breach (2013)

On Friday, February 8, 2013, around 7:00 am we discovered a forcible break-in at Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek’s dealership. Between the close of business on Thursday, February 7th and the morning of Friday, February 8th, a thief or thieves pried open a locked exterior door to the dealership, another locked interior door into the Business Office was pried open, and once inside the Business Office, locked file cabinets containing customer deal jackets were pried open and some customer deal files were removed. Additionally, some files containing customer personal information were removed from our Service Department.