AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowResolved

California Department of Food and Agriculture

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 14, 2019

Filed

Jul 29, 2019

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for California Department of Food and Agriculture →2 incidents on file

On May 14, 2019, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) inadvertently disclosed confidential data regarding state-licensed cannabis cultivators to an unauthorized email address. The released information included account manager names, license interfacing dates, modification dates, and CCTT credential status. CDFA stated the data did not compromise system access or require identity theft protection. The department is reviewing and revising CalCannabis procedures to prevent recurrence.

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California clockDiscovered May 14, 2019 → Notified May 30, 201916d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

May 14, 2019

Begins

May 14, 2019

Discovered

Jul 29, 2019

Filed

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on median

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

Name: California Department of Food and Agriculture
norm: california department of food and agriculture
Domain: cdfa.ca.gov

Name: California Department of Food and Agriculture
norm: california department of food and agriculture
Domain: cdfa.ca.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 14, 2019
Breach occurred: May 14, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 30, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Personally reviewing the CalCannabis procedures and revising them where necessary to minimize the risk of recurrence
Changes made: Personally reviewing the CalCannabis procedures and revising them where necessary to minimize the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 16d
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: May 14, 2019
→ Notified: May 30, 2019
16d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 14, 2019 → Notified: May 30, 2019	16d	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/sb24-149272
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2019
Raw hash: 60d45e7328e906ab0c31c6ada39f90abf31d0ca4973c02d183e4746da09c406c

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Food and Agriculture

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Food and Agriculture

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2019

Stated responsePersonally reviewing the CalCannabis procedures and revising them where necessary to minimize the risk of recurrence

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov