MisuseGovernmentGovernmentData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

County of Sacramento

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 29, 2025

Filed

May 22, 2026

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for County of Sacramento →3 incidents on file

County of Sacramento Department of Human Assistance discovered on October 29, 2025, that an employee improperly forwarded work-related emails containing confidential client information (name, case number, DOB, address, SSN) to a personal email account. The County secured the accounts, revoked the employee's access, and is implementing technical controls and policy updates. Complimentary identity monitoring is offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 205 days

Oct 29, 2025

Begins

Oct 29, 2025

Discovered

May 22, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Name: County of Sacramento
norm: county of sacramento

Name: County of Sacramento
norm: county of sacramento
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 29, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 29, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation
Successfully secured the affected accounts
The employee involved in the incident no longer has access to County systems
Changes made: Implementing additional technical controls to prevent the unauthorized forwarding of work-related emails
Strengthening our monitoring processes
Reviewing and updating relevant policies and procedures
Provide ongoing security awareness training to staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(205 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/sb24-623920
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2026
Raw hash: 7b987b48dcd1a3b3ecd920d5221bcfa664be49647c2636eb06f89aaf4d6b90b8

Reporting entityCounty of Sacramento

Victim entityCounty of Sacramento

Incidentdiscovered Oct 29, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov