Rain Bird Corporation has notified state regulators and affected individuals about a security event, with the company listing two dates connected to the incident: February 11, 2025 and September 5, 2025. The portion of the notification letter made available does not describe how the incident occurred, so the exact attack method has not been confirmed. If Rain Bird has released additional detail elsewhere, it was not included in the text provided to regulators.
The letter does not state a total number of people affected nationwide. It does note that approximately 44 Rhode Island residents may have been impacted, and the letter includes notification language addressed to residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina as well, suggesting the breach affected people across several states.
What information was exposed?
- The specific categories of personal information involved were not spelled out in the letter text made available to us. Rain Bird did, however, direct recipients to fraud alert and credit freeze contact information for all three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion), which is typically included when identifying information — such as a Social Security number or similar sensitive data — may have been part of the exposure.
The letter does not mention any free credit monitoring or identity protection service being offered by Rain Bird. If you received a letter and it includes an enrollment code or website for a monitoring service, follow those instructions directly, since that detail was not present in the source document reviewed here.
What should you do now?
- Contact Rain Bird’s assistance line if you’re unsure what specific information of yours was involved, since the letter itself doesn’t spell this out.
- Place a fraud alert with one of the three credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion) — a fraud alert placed with one bureau is shared with the other two.
- Consider a credit freeze with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, which restricts access to your credit file and makes it harder for someone to open new accounts in your name.
- Review your bank and credit card statements regularly for charges or accounts you don’t recognize.
- Watch for phishing emails or calls that reference this breach, since scammers sometimes use news of a data breach to trick people into giving up more information.
- Consider signing up for a service like Aura or LifeLock, which can alert you if your information appears elsewhere, such as on the dark web.
- File a report with local law enforcement or your state attorney general if you notice signs of identity theft, and keep any documentation from Rain Bird in case you need to show proof of impact later.
If you have questions, Rain Bird can be reached at 1-833-971-2302 (toll-free, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern), by mail at Rain Bird Privacy Office, 6991 East Southpoint Road, Tucson, AZ 85756, or by email at [email protected].