Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Hospice by the Bay

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 10, 2020

Filed

Mar 27, 2020

To disclose

17 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Hospice by the Bay →

Hospice by the Bay notified the California Attorney General of a data breach occurring on March 10, 2020. An unauthorized individual sent a phishing email impersonating an employee to obtain an electronic report containing personal health information, including names, medical record numbers, insurer names, and service charges. Social Security numbers were not impacted. The organization strengthened employee training and internal policies in response.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 10, 2020 → Notified Mar 27, 202017d ✓ CA 60-day OK17 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 days

Mar 10, 2020

Begins

Mar 10, 2020

Discovered

Mar 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Name: Hospice by the Bay
norm: hospice by the bay

Name: Hospice by the Bay
norm: hospice by the bay
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Conducted investigation to determine scope of incident
Notified affected individuals of the incident
Changes made: Strengthening employee training program
Strengthening internal policies and procedures regarding the handling and disclosure of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 17d
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: Mar 10, 2020
→ Notified: Mar 27, 2020
17d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 10, 2020 → Notified: Mar 27, 2020	17d	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/sb24-188680
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 27, 2020
Raw hash: 57c8f9dc6dde46643edc496ed1064e24e477f0d33d0c97b3d6b923062e8cde87

Reporting entityHospice by the Bay

Victim entityHospice by the Bay

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2020

Stated responseConducted investigation to determine scope of incident

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov