AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisconfigurationEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumResolved

Department of Rehabilitation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 14, 2019

Filed

Jan 25, 2019

To disclose

11 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Department of Rehabilitation →

The California Department of Rehabilitation experienced a data security incident on January 9, 2019, when a spreadsheet containing employee names, Social Security numbers, and classification information was saved to an internal network folder (G drive) accessible to DOR employees. The error was discovered on January 14, 2019, when an employee accessed the file and reported the presence of SSNs. The file was immediately deleted, and folder access was restricted. The Department notified affected employees on January 24, 2019, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 14, 2019 → Notified Jan 24, 201910d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Jan 9, 2019

Begins

Jan 14, 2019

Discovered

Jan 25, 2019

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: Department of Rehabilitation
norm: department of rehabilitation

Name: Department of Rehabilitation
norm: department of rehabilitation
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 14, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2019
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Immediately deleted the spreadsheet
Restricted access to the folder on the G drive
Offering 12 months of credit monitoring services through ID Experts
Changes made: Working to identify checks and balances that can be implemented to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 10d
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 14, 2019
→ Notified: Jan 24, 2019
10d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 14, 2019 → Notified: Jan 24, 2019	10d	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/sb24-144124
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2019
Raw hash: caad0b8b0aeafb6b9dd180ea4b3e8821f4afc8d4d1172f73bde4c8221e72f58b

Reporting entityDepartment of Rehabilitation

Victim entityDepartment of Rehabilitation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 14, 2019

Stated responseImmediately deleted the spreadsheet

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov