PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Palomar Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 22, 2014

Filed

Mar 28, 2014

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Palomar Health →4 incidents on file

Palomar Health reported the theft of two flash drives from an employee's vehicle on February 22, 2014. The devices may have contained patient names, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information, and insurance information. Social Security numbers and financial information were not present. Palomar Health engaged forensic experts and reinforced staff security training.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 22, 2014 → Notified Mar 28, 201434d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Feb 22, 2014

Begins

Feb 22, 2014

Discovered

Mar 28, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Name: Palomar Health
norm: palomar health
Domain: palomarhealth.org

Name: Palomar Health
norm: palomar health
Domain: palomarhealth.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2014
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately began a thorough investigation
Hired an outside expert forensic company to reconstruct the information contained on the devices
Changes made: Reinforcing education with our staff on the importance of handling and securing our patients’ information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 34d
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 22, 2014
→ Notified: Mar 28, 2014
34d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 22, 2014 → Notified: Mar 28, 2014	34d	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/sb24-44642
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 28, 2014
Raw hash: 63381f826fc2be13e5d89175c39b8c4b71703a2114a5e33878fed4d6e4ea336f

Reporting entityPalomar Health

Victim entityPalomar Health

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2014

Stated responseImmediately began a thorough investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov