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MisuseGovernmentGovernmentPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 27, 2022

Filed

Aug 21, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services →2 incidents on file

The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) reported that a county employee accessed personal information of individuals without a legitimate business reason on January 19, 2023. The incident was discovered on December 27, 2022, during an internal investigation. Affected data included names, dates of birth, CIN numbers, case numbers, last four digits of SSNs, and Medi-Cal benefit information. The matter was referred to human resources for corrective and disciplinary action.

California clockDiscovered Dec 27, 2022 → Notified Apr 19, 2023113d ✗ CA 60-day late34 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Jan 19, 2023

Begins

Aug 21, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

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

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.