Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Verity Health System of California, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 22, 2016

Filed

May 31, 2016

To disclose

9 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Verity Health System of California, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Verity Health System experienced a targeted email phishing scam on April 27, 2016, where an external actor impersonated an executive to request employee information. The incident was discovered on May 22, 2016. Affected data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and W-2 earnings/withholding information for current and former employees. No patient information or systems were breached. The company notified law enforcement, engaged outside experts, and offered two years of identity protection services to affected employees.

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California clockDiscovered May 22, 2016 → Notified May 23, 20161d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 9 days

Apr 27, 2016

Begins

May 22, 2016

Discovered

May 31, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Name: Verity Health System of California, Inc.
norm: verity health system of california

Name: Verity Health System of California, Inc.
norm: verity health system of california
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 22, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 27, 2016
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified state and federal law enforcement officials
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified affected employees via memo the day after the incident came to attention
Emailed follow up communication with steps to protect yourself
Notified state and federal law enforcement officials
Cooperating fully with law enforcement
Working with outside subject matter experts in this investigation
Offering two years of free identity protection services through Equifax
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures designed to prevent a recurrence of such an event
Conducting a thorough review of the events surrounding the scam
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 1d
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: May 22, 2016
→ Notified: May 23, 2016
1d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 22, 2016 → Notified: May 23, 2016	1d	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/sb24-62088
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2016
Raw hash: cea25193ea465fc9c5d820d77e895a7848d250a70362ae96d989d26f17332889

Reporting entityVerity Health System of California, Inc.

Victim entityVerity Health System of California, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 22, 2016

Stated responseNotified affected employees via memo the day after the incident came to attention

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov