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Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System

bd_45365e18afd287f9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 5, 2017

Filed

Apr 24, 2017

To disclose

19 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System

Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (LACERS) disclosed that on April 5, 2017, an email attachment containing personally identifiable information was inadvertently sent to an unauthorized individual. The attachment included member social security numbers, names, addresses, and date of death information. The error was discovered the same day, and the recipient was instructed to delete the email. LACERS analyzed its processes and improved procedures for handling PII to prevent future incidents. The organization stated the incident did not pose a true risk of identity theft.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 days

Apr 5, 2017

Begins

Apr 5, 2017

Discovered

Apr 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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.