MisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Knowledge Research Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 3, 2026

Filed

Sep 2, 2026

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Knowledge Research Center →

Knowledge Research Center, a clinical research organization, notified individuals that a former employee disclosed company files containing names, dates of birth, gender, contact info, and some medical diagnoses on July 8, 2026. The company discovered the incident on August 3, 2026. No unauthorized network access was found. The company notified law enforcement and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 3, 2026 → Notified Sep 2, 202630d ✓ CA 30-day OK4 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jul 8, 2026

Begins

Aug 3, 2026

Discovered

Sep 2, 2026

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: Knowledge Research Center
norm: knowledge research center

Name: Knowledge Research Center
norm: knowledge research center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 3, 2026
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2026
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 2, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to confirm the scope of the incident
Implemented robust privacy and security measures addressing appropriate use and disclosure of personal information
Provided regular training to staff on privacy and security policies
Notified law enforcement
Offering 12 months of identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented robust privacy and security measures addressing appropriate use and disclosure of personal information
Provided regular training to staff on privacy and security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 30-day OK · 30d
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: Aug 3, 2026
→ Notified: Sep 2, 2026
30d 30 calendar days CA 30-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 3, 2026 → Notified: Sep 2, 2026	30d	30 calendar days	CA 30-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/sb24-629199
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 2, 2026
Raw hash: f3fe10439573f489646450ae0f0d3e62ef722c5d6ae8bd3f2206ef3479734de4

Reporting entityKnowledge Research Center

Victim entityKnowledge Research Center

Incidentdiscovered Aug 3, 2026

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to confirm the scope of the incident

ComplianceCA 30-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov