AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisconfigurationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)EmploymentLowActive

Los Angeles Fire Department

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 14, 2021

Filed

Sep 1, 2021

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Los Angeles Fire Department →2 incidents on file

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department disclosed that a County employee created a website intended for EMS staff to obtain proof of COVID vaccinations. The website was misconfigured, allowing unauthorized users to view personal information including names, dates of birth, employee IDs, and vaccination details. The incident was discovered on July 14, 2021, and the website was immediately taken down. The investigation is ongoing.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 14, 2021 → Notified Aug 12, 202129d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jul 13, 2021

Begins

Jul 14, 2021

Discovered

Sep 1, 2021

Filed

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

Name: Los Angeles Fire Department
norm: los angeles fire department
Domain: lafd.org

Name: Los Angeles Fire Department
norm: los angeles fire department
Domain: lafd.org
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jul 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 13, 2021 – Jul 14, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Website was immediately taken down
County began an investigation
Internal information security team has put in place additional safeguards to restrict access to databases containing your COVID vaccination data
Changes made: Continue to review security policies and procedures
Implement changes when needed to enhance our information security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 29d
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: Jul 14, 2021
→ Notified: Aug 12, 2021
29d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 14, 2021 → Notified: Aug 12, 2021	29d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-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/sb24-544830
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2021
Raw hash: 9a672cbd4199f214967b1433e5ed9f382c08c6c9235baf8d33af5af20f1f45e6

Reporting entityLos Angeles Fire Department

Victim entityLos Angeles Fire Department

Incidentdiscovered Jul 14, 2021

Stated responseWebsite was immediately taken down

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov