PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Community Catalysts of California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 8, 2015

Filed

Oct 16, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Community Catalysts of California →

Community Catalysts of California reported the theft of a thumb drive from an employee's car on September 8, 2015. The device contained personal information including names, addresses, diagnoses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers for some clients. The organization notified law enforcement, investigated the contents of the drive, and implemented remediation measures including staff retraining and mandatory device encryption. Identity protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 8, 2015 → Notified Oct 16, 201538d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Aug 31, 2015

Begins

Sep 8, 2015

Discovered

Oct 16, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Name: Community Catalysts of California
norm: community catalysts of california

Name: Community Catalysts of California
norm: community catalysts of california
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2015
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2015
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Began an investigation to identify what information was on the device
Changes made: Retraining our staff on company policies and procedures
Ensuring that all employees are using encrypted devices, per our policy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 38d
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: Sep 8, 2015
→ Notified: Oct 16, 2015
38d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 8, 2015 → Notified: Oct 16, 2015	38d	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/sb24-58324
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2015
Raw hash: 44e7c3e82a2ef5bfa9d83b27b13177e9b897e1297bdbb9b2571b36eee1803e1c

Reporting entityCommunity Catalysts of California

Victim entityCommunity Catalysts of California

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2015

Stated responseNotified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov