MisuseGovernmentGovernmentPrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowActive

Monterey County Department of Social Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 2, 2026

Filed

Jul 28, 2026

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Monterey County Department of Social Services →2 incidents on file

Fresno County Department of Social Services reported that on August 26, 2025, an unauthorized user accessed a data file containing sensitive personal information. The department learned of the anomalous activity involving an employee on June 2, 2026. Affected data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, Client Index Numbers, Medi-Cal numbers, and IHSS case numbers. The incident is under investigation by authorities.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 280 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Aug 26, 2025

Begins

Jun 2, 2026

Discovered

Jul 28, 2026

Filed

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

Name: Monterey County Department of Social Services
norm: monterey county department of social
Domain: fresnocountyca.gov

Name: Monterey County Department of Social Services
norm: monterey county department of social
Domain: fresnocountyca.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2026
Breach occurred: Aug 26, 2025
Undetected for: 280 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Reported to the California Attorney General
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/sb24-627231
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2026
Raw hash: 7439832fd9942ce70dabf963cd354682909b726d0340a502f128a17730adfb1a

Reporting entityMonterey County Department of Social Services

Victim entityMonterey County Department of Social Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2026

Stated responseReported the incident to the appropriate authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov