PhysicalGovernmentHealthcareGovernmentTheftTamperingEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMinorMediumContained

CA Dept. Developmental Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 11, 2018

Filed

Apr 6, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

On February 11, 2018, unknown persons broke into the California Department of Developmental Services offices in Sacramento, ransacking files and starting a fire. Personal information (including SSNs and financial records) and Protected Health Information (PHI) of employees, job applicants, and parents of minors were potentially compromised. Twelve encrypted laptops were stolen, but data was inaccessible. The network was not breached.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 11, 2018 → Notified Apr 6, 201854d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Feb 11, 2018

Begins

Feb 11, 2018

Discovered

Apr 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_d83400a669c86e4f2018-04-06Verified

Name: CA Dept. Developmental Services
norm: ca dept developmental services
Domain: dds.ca.gov

Name: CA Dept. Developmental Services
norm: ca dept developmental services
Domain: dds.ca.gov
Industry: GovernmentllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 11, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMinor
Data elements: Medical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Analyzed the electronic network to confirm no unauthorized individuals accessed the network
Hired outside experts to guide the Department’s thorough response
Requested a state administrative investigation
Continues to work with the law enforcement agency investigating the break-in
Changes made: Enhance building security safeguards
Enhance procedures and practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 54d
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: Feb 11, 2018
→ Notified: Apr 6, 2018
54d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 11, 2018 → Notified: Apr 6, 2018	54d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRApr 6 · first

California State AGApr 6 · first · this page

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/sb24-135099
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2018
Raw hash: b9f93fc64770dbf72ef7e8b6e96b292e9d71337fe7d3323d683c8605160b7fe4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCA Dept. Developmental Services

Victim entityCA Dept. Developmental Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov