HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationMinorMediumContained

Seneca Family of Agencies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 27, 2021

Filed

Dec 6, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

18 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Seneca Family of Agencies →

Seneca Family of Agencies experienced unauthorized access to its network between August 25 and August 27, 2021, discovered on August 27, 2021. The incident may have exposed PII, PHI, and financial data for clients, including minors. Seneca reported the incident to law enforcement, reset passwords, implemented additional security measures, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Equifax.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 27, 2021 → Notified Oct 23, 202157d ✓ CA 60-day OK14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Aug 25, 2021

Begins

Aug 27, 2021

Discovered

Dec 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 18 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_164ebf40a6a1dc142021-12-06Verified
California State AGbd_59f956faca223a8a2021-12-06Verified
California State AGbd_ecac4e2e0da2884d2021-12-06Verified
California State AGbd_e67dfe48ecde7b1f2021-12-10 · +4dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_afdda6f6c5819da72021-12-02 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_120badf0cccc862c2021-12-01 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_49ca47c3ec53eaa02021-12-01 · +5dVerified
Washington State AGbd_73ce4e5b28bdcadd2021-11-30 · +6dVerified
California State AGbd_e6c8e1020598d9802022-01-21 · +46dVerified
HHS OCRbd_8eab077bfd6678fc2022-01-22 · +47dVerified

Showing first 10 of 17 linked disclosures.

Name: Seneca Family of Agencies
norm: seneca family of agencies
Domain: senecafoa.org

Name: Seneca Family of Agencies
norm: seneca family of agencies
Domain: senecafoa.org
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 27, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2021 – Aug 27, 2021
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 23, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationMinor
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Began working with computer specialists to determine what occurred
Changed account passwords
Providing potentially impacted individuals with access to 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 57d
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 27, 2021
→ Notified: Oct 23, 2021
57d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 27, 2021 → Notified: Oct 23, 2021	57d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGNov 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+6d

California State AG+6d · this page

California State AG+10d

California State AG+52d

HHS OCR+53d

Pattern: first filing Nov 30 (WA), last Jan 22 (CA) — a 53-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 17 — the full spread may be wider.

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/sb24-548287
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2021
Raw hash: 41bf27f23a12b7e40fc43a5b825d1959152199d7c764616526fb87521ce131da

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySeneca Family of Agencies

Victim entitySeneca Family of Agencies

Incidentdiscovered Aug 27, 2021

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov