MisuseGovernmentGovernmentPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMinorMediumResolved

County of Orange Social Services Agency

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2018

Filed

May 13, 2021

To disclose

38 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for County of Orange Social Services Agency →

County of Orange Social Services Agency (OCSSA) reported an insider threat incident discovered in April 2018. A former employee inappropriately accessed sensitive personal information of clients and families, including SSNs, medical records, and financial documents. The employee's access was deactivated, and they were separated from the agency. OCSSA is offering one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 38 months / 1138 days

Apr 1, 2018

Discovered

May 13, 2021

Filed

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+152 wks slower

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

Name: County of Orange Social Services Agency
norm: county of orange social services agency
Domain: ssa.ocgov.com

Name: County of Orange Social Services Agency
norm: county of orange social services agency
Domain: ssa.ocgov.com
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)EmploymentMinor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducted a thorough internal investigation
Conducted a joint investigation with law enforcement
Immediately deactivated the employee's access
Separated the employee from the County
Changes made: Reviewing and updating safeguarding controls
Reviewing and updating privacy and security policies and procedures
Retraining employees
Providing one year of complimentary credit monitoring service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 months(1138 days from discovery to filing)
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/sb24-540834
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 13, 2021
Raw hash: 75d42452168b9eef3f8b129e82fbf2d751a699876f63e8fe905a88c4802216f4

Reporting entityCounty of Orange Social Services Agency

Victim entityCounty of Orange Social Services Agency

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2018

Stated responseConducted a thorough internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov