Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

CITY OF HOPE

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 31, 2017

Filed

Aug 3, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CITY OF HOPE →4 incidents on file

City of Hope experienced a phishing incident between May 31 and June 2, 2017, resulting in unauthorized access to four staff members' email accounts. Protected health information (PHI) including names, medical record numbers, and clinical data may have been accessed. The organization secured the accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and notified law enforcement. No evidence of data exfiltration or misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered May 31, 2017 → Notified Jul 21, 201751d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

May 31, 2017

Begins

May 31, 2017

Discovered

Aug 3, 2017

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_78fd1b1f4034998d2017-08-03Verified

Name: CITY OF HOPE
norm: city of hope
Domain: cityofhope.org

Name: CITY OF HOPE
norm: city of hope
Domain: cityofhope.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 31, 2017
Breach occurred: May 31, 2017 – Jun 2, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secure the email accounts and end the intrusion
Retained a leading forensic information technology firm to assist with our investigation
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Changes made: Evaluate our systems and processes and further strengthen our protections in these areas
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 51d
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: May 31, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 21, 2017
51d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 31, 2017 → Notified: Jul 21, 2017	51d	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 OCRAug 3 · first

California State AGAug 3 · 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/sb24-100824
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2017
Raw hash: eed46ca56b42cf76bcd5d8af7fec6e4b60abe30c108b39cba898bfb5ac11af27

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCITY OF HOPE

Victim entityCITY OF HOPE

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2017

Stated responseSecure the email accounts and end the intrusion

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov