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CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareGovernmentHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 5, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2,334

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health →7 incidents on file

County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health reported to HHS on 2024-09-05 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing attack) affecting 2,334 individuals. An employee was targeted via phishing, compromising PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. Breached information was located on Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and responded by implementing additional technical safeguards and retraining staff.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Sep 5, 2024

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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 ↗
California State AGAug 30 · first
HHS OCR+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 30 (CA), last Sep 5 (CA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.