AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Palomar Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 27, 2017

Filed

Oct 20, 2017

To disclose

23 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Palomar Health →4 incidents on file

On September 27, 2017, an employee of Palomar Health unintentionally misdirected an email containing patient-related information to an unintended recipient. The information included patient names, hospital-assigned ID numbers, admission/discharge dates, site of care, and primary payer/health plan names. It did not include SSNs, payment info, or medical records. The recipient deleted the email. Palomar Health notified the California Department of Public Health.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 27, 2017 → Notified Oct 20, 201723d ✓ CA 60-day OK23 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Sep 27, 2017

Begins

Sep 27, 2017

Discovered

Oct 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Name: Palomar Health
norm: palomar health
Domain: palomarhealth.org

Name: Palomar Health
norm: palomar health
Domain: palomarhealth.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the California Department of Public Health

During the incident: Investigated the incident
Notified the California Department of Public Health
Changes made: Taking action to address this
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 23d
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: Sep 27, 2017
→ Notified: Oct 20, 2017
23d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 27, 2017 → Notified: Oct 20, 2017	23d	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/sb24-102889
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2017
Raw hash: 7bbdbca17bfa1fe91a12e13a93a403f7a80d55846742fb24c98b25de8363720a

Reporting entityPalomar Health

Victim entityPalomar Health

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2017

Stated responseInvestigated the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov