PhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareTheftSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

California Department of Public Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 23, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for California Department of Public Health →4 incidents on file

On March 12, 2018, a vehicle belonging to a California Department of Public Health (CDPH) contractor was broken into, resulting in the theft of documents and a laptop containing personal and health information of individuals surveyed or inspected by the department. Stolen data included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, diagnoses, health insurance information, and demographic data. The CDPH notified law enforcement, reviewed procedures, and provided additional workforce training. Affected individuals were advised to monitor credit reports and place fraud alerts.

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Incident timeline

Mar 12, 2018

Begins

May 23, 2018

Filed

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

Name: California Department of Public Health
norm: california department of public health
Domain: cdph.ca.gov

Name: California Department of Public Health
norm: california department of public health
Domain: cdph.ca.gov
Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 12, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the California Attorney General
Third party: via CDPH contractor

During the incident: Notified the police
Reviewing our procedures and practices
Provided additional training to our workforce
Changes made: Reviewing our procedures and practices
Provided additional training to our workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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/sb24-136496
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2018
Raw hash: 3c9fb9f09b6a6c40740bf626a0451c4543272a0e9e3fad984847e94285b3df8c

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Public Health

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Public Health

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseNotified the police

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov