AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

California Department of Social Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 11, 2022

Filed

Aug 19, 2022

To disclose

8 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for California Department of Social Services →5 incidents on file

On August 11, 2022, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) experienced a data breach where an email containing personal information, including names and Social Security Numbers, was sent to unauthorized individuals. CDSS reported the incident to the California Office of Information Security and is reviewing procedures to prevent recurrence.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Aug 11, 2022

Begins

Aug 11, 2022

Discovered

Aug 19, 2022

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: California Department of Social Services
norm: california department of social

Name: California Department of Social Services
norm: california department of social
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 11, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Reported the incident and remediation efforts to the California Office of Information Security (OIS)

During the incident: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Reported the incident and remediation efforts to the California Office of Information Security (OIS)
Changes made: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/sb24-556437
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2022
Raw hash: 9aede12117d59287be65b21b2cdadca0379af4563d16d5187bf863c068ff4b9d

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Social Services

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Social Services

Incidentdiscovered Aug 11, 2022

Stated responseReviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov