US sperm donor giant California Cryobank is warning customers it suffered a data breach that exposed customers' personal information:
California Cryobank is a full-service sperm bank providing frozen donor sperm and specialized reproductive services, such as egg and embryo storage. The company is the largest sperm bank in the US and services all 50 states and more than 30 countries worldwide.
California Cryobank detected suspicious activity on its network on April 21, 2024, and isolated the computers from the IT network.
"Through our investigation, CCB determined that an unauthorized party gained access to our IT environment and may have accessed and/or acquired files maintained on certain computer systems between April 20, 2024 and April 22, 2024," reads a from California Cryobank.
[...] An almost a year-long investigation has determined that the attack exposed varying personal data for customers, including names, bank accounts and routing numbers, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, payment card numbers, and/or health insurance information.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday March 25, @07:24AM (6 children)
Sperm bank data is invaluable when looking for organ donor perfect match.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @11:26AM (1 child)
Similar situation - "accidental" involuntary organ donor?
https://www.wuwm.com/term/health-science/2025-03-24/23andme-is-filing-for-bankruptcy-heres-what-it-means-for-your-genetic-data [wuwm.com]
Sorry, but I get a bit paranoid over people gathering data on my innards, knowing people exist who would have no qualms over buying a hospital to assure themselves a supply of spare parts.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday March 25, @10:10PM
In light of the current administration I wouldn't be that surprised if someone like MTG started getting on their bullhorn about identifying 'trans DNA'...
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Username on Tuesday March 25, @01:53PM (3 children)
Israel has a government ran eugenics program. They literally stole babies. They monitor their citizens dating habits. I wouldn't put it past them to steal gametes.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @02:51PM (1 child)
Curiosity got the better of me.. Could you provide a convenient link please? I find this very interesting.
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday March 25, @03:50PM
You can also use The Health app on your iPhone, which can send your information to The National Donate Life Registry.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 26, @08:53AM
They also have a deal with China where they schedule heart transplants months ahead. A heart is only good for a few days at most after donation.
(Score: 5, Funny) by r1348 on Tuesday March 25, @09:26AM (2 children)
I don't envy whoever has to mop it up.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 25, @08:19PM
The shots are still in place, tho.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by driverless on Wednesday March 26, @09:28AM
Did anyone else misread the title as "Sperm Donation Giant California Cryowank".
(Score: 4, Interesting) by looorg on Tuesday March 25, @11:53AM (5 children)
Why do they need to store all that information, presumably unencrypted in clear-text, for Sperm/Egg donations? Some sort of social security or other identification number should be enough. I guess you need some billing information since they charge for this or some services such as long term storage. But the rest. Why? Beyond that they can and it's just asking for trouble down the road.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday March 25, @01:55PM (3 children)
Someone shopping for donor sperm will want information about the donor. If the sperm bank does not have that information, then the shopper might do better going to a night club.
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday March 25, @03:25PM (2 children)
But is that not more like donor-tinder? Where they want to know things like skin colour, eye colour, height, weight, education level etc. Not their bank account number, driver's license numbers, etc. After all they, all, want white blue eyed blond nordic gods and not fat little basement wankers?
Still that information should be anonymous in that regard and not actually tied to the person. It's statistical data in that regard, not personal data. Somewhere in some table I am sure there is a idnumber that ties the two together. But that is beyond the shoppers, but clearly not the hackers/leakers/whatever we should call them --- wankers.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 25, @08:24PM (1 child)
In some families, the wealth is hereditary. Tho'... good luck finding the sperm of a Rothschild in a cryobank
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday March 26, @02:40PM
Just because you will never find it, doesn't mean it isn't there.
Anonymously because the self-described 'superior' races must survive.
Maybe it was put there as a college prank or stunt.
It might be there. You will never be able to identify the true source of where it 'came' from.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by dwilson98052 on Tuesday March 25, @02:18PM
I knew a guy growing up that used to brag about how many times he donated... a decade later he was a homeless alcoholic with acute liver failure.
This seems like the sort of data a wank bank should try and keep on hand to share with their customers.
Assuming he actually donated and wasn't just bullshitting I've always wondered how many women chose poorly and how many of those kids would suffer similar fates.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @02:08PM (1 child)
"All your base pairs are belong to us!"
(Score: 3, Funny) by Tork on Tuesday March 25, @10:11PM
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by dwilson98052 on Tuesday March 25, @02:12PM
...came forward and told folks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @04:46PM (4 children)
For reasons unknown, I kept reading the name of the august facility as Cryowank.
I'll arbitrarily blame it on exposure to 4chan back when I was at an impressionable age...early middle.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @05:23PM (2 children)
That sounds really REALLY painful.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25, @09:30PM (1 child)
Hence the Cry prefix...
(Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Wednesday March 26, @12:05AM
There's no use crying over spilt... Well, you get the picture!
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 26, @06:18AM
> Cryowank
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a spanked monkey