AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

State of California Department of Rehabilitation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 22, 2017

Filed

Dec 7, 2017

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for State of California Department of Rehabilitation →

On November 22, 2017, the California Department of Rehabilitation inadvertently emailed an unencrypted file containing names and Social Security numbers to an outside entity. The file was deleted before being opened. The agency is reviewing procedures and retraining employees to prevent recurrence.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 22, 2017 → Notified Dec 1, 20179d ✓ CA 60-day OK15 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 days

Nov 22, 2017

Begins

Nov 22, 2017

Discovered

Dec 7, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: State of California Department of Rehabilitation
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Name: State of California Department of Rehabilitation
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Coordinated with the outside entity and had the file deleted before it was opened and viewed
Changes made: Reviewing existing procedures
Working with DOR employees to help ensure they understand and follow appropriate procedures and policies for safeguarding sensitive and confidential information of consumers and employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 9d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Nov 22, 2017
→ Notified: Dec 1, 2017
9d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 22, 2017 → Notified: Dec 1, 2017	9d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-130844
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 7, 2017
Raw hash: b62a79402e091ff9b0f08ff3ea0f1c0f275500a0b5d3ef242cc6e391419eee16

Reporting entityState of California Department of Rehabilitation

Victim entityState of California Department of Rehabilitation

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2017

Stated responseCoordinated with the outside entity and had the file deleted before it was opened and viewed

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov