HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountHighActive

Covenant Care California, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 29, 2019

Filed

Mar 6, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

7,585state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Covenant Care California, LLC →8 incidents on file

Covenant Care California, LLC reported that an unauthorized actor accessed an employee email account between January 22 and January 29, 2019, using compromised credentials. The incident potentially exposed PHI and PII for 7,585 California residents, including names, SSNs, and medical records. The company secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and notified affected individuals and regulators.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 29, 2019 → Notified Mar 6, 201936d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Jan 22, 2019

Begins

Jan 29, 2019

Discovered

Mar 6, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_432a7218b5988bb82019-03-06Verified
HHS OCRbd_89188ca347156a832019-03-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_68ac9ce90188947d2019-03-20 · +14dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_4c491142d0e368502019-01-01 · +64dCandidate

Name: Covenant Care California, LLC
norm: covenant care california

Name: Covenant Care California, LLC
norm: covenant care california
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 22, 2019 – Jan 29, 2019
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2019
Affected individuals: 7,585state-resident count only
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSNotified federal law enforcementNotified other state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the affected email account
Commenced an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Working with third-party forensic investigators
Conducted a diligent review and analysis of the email account
Providing notice to potentially affected California residents
Posting notice of the incident on its website
Providing notice to prominent media outlets in California
Reporting the incident to law enforcement
Reporting the incident to appropriate state and federal regulators
Notifying the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Changes made: Identifying and implementing additional technical safeguards to enhance security
Reviewing technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to identify and implement potential enhancements
Conducting additional employee training regarding email safety awareness
Reviewing policies and procedures on employee training on security generally for potential enhancements
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 36d
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: Jan 29, 2019
→ Notified: Mar 6, 2019
36d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 29, 2019 → Notified: Mar 6, 2019	36d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+64d

HHS OCR+64d

California State AG+64d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+78d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 20 (MA) — a 78-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-145240
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2019
Raw hash: 3f99cfdf1aba89643bd7134e23218f94014e0a4380bc051ae1810c2f60100123

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCovenant Care California, LLC

Victim entityCovenant Care California, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2019

Stated responseSecured the affected email account

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov