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AccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareProgramming ErrorMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

California Department of Health Care Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 19, 2012

Filed

Dec 24, 2012

To disclose

5 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for California Department of Health Care Services →3 incidents on file

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) experienced a data breach due to a computer programming error during a mailing of Beneficiary Identification Cards (BIC) for Medi-Cal enrollment. Between December 10 and 18, 2012, cards containing children's names, Client Index Numbers, dates of birth, and genders were accidentally mailed to wrong households. DHCS discovered the error on December 19, 2012, and notified affected parents on December 21, 2012. New cards were issued. Social Security Numbers were not included.

California clockDiscovered Dec 19, 2012 → Notified Dec 21, 20122d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days
discovery → filing · 5 days

Dec 10, 2012

Begins

Dec 19, 2012

Discovered

Dec 24, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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 ↗
HHS OCRDec 23 · first
California State AG+1d · this page

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.