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Employment Development Department

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Dec 13, 2013

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Employment Development Department

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) reported the theft of personal computers from a locked, secure facility on September 30, 2013. The stolen devices contained Unemployment Insurance records, potentially exposing claimants' full names, Social Security Numbers, and last employer details. Although the computers were password-protected, the EDD notified affected individuals on December 12, 2013, and provided privacy protection recommendations.

Incident timeline

Sep 30, 2013

Begins

Dec 13, 2013

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
California State AGNov 22 · first
California State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 22 (CA), last Dec 13 (CA) — a 21-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.