MisuseHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Molina Healthcare of California

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 20, 2015

Filed

Sep 18, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Molina Healthcare of California →2 incidents on file

Molina Healthcare of California notified members that a former CVS employee, acting as an insider, stole protected health information (PHI) from CVS computers on March 26, 2015, to fraudulently obtain OTC products. CVS informed Molina on July 20, 2015. Affected data includes names, IDs, and Rx plan details. Molina offered identity theft protection and card replacements.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 20, 2015 → Notified Sep 17, 201559d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 116 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Mar 26, 2015

Begins

Jul 20, 2015

Discovered

Sep 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Name: Molina Healthcare of California
norm: molina healthcare of california

Name: Molina Healthcare of California
norm: molina healthcare of california
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 26, 2015
Undetected for: 116 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1005 Data from Local System
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Third party: via CVS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: CVS took prompt action to investigate this issue
CVS is replacing CVS ExtraCare Health Cards for affected individuals
Offering a free one-year membership of identity theft protection
Working with CVS to even better secure your data
Changes made: Working with CVS to even better secure your data and to ensure this does not happen again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 59d
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: Jul 20, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 17, 2015
59d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 20, 2015 → Notified: Sep 17, 2015	59d	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/sb24-57887
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2015
Raw hash: 555a9ab71fd5f146f5de8e0e4e00de7717d3d62e7ee3bc130729166ddebcc171

Reporting entityMolina Healthcare of California

Victim entityMolina Healthcare of California

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2015

Stated responseCVS took prompt action to investigate this issue

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov