MisuseGovernmentEducationGovernmentData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

California Student Aid Commission

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2021

Filed

Jul 16, 2021

To disclose

8 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for California Student Aid Commission →

On July 8, 2021, an employee of the California Student Aid Commission attempted to send unencrypted files containing student PII (name, DOB, SSN, address) from their state email to a personal account. The email provider blocked the transmission due to suspicious activity, preventing delivery. The agency notified affected students on July 15, 2021, and engaged law enforcement and implemented additional security controls.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 8, 2021 → Notified Jul 15, 20217d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 days

Jul 8, 2021

Begins

Jul 8, 2021

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Name: California Student Aid Commission
norm: california student aid commission
Domain: csac.community.highbond.com

Name: California Student Aid Commission
norm: california student aid commission
Domain: csac.community.highbond.com
Industry: GovernmentllmEducationllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 15, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement agencies
Actively investigating the incident
Implementing additional security controls and training
Changes made: Implementing additional security controls and training to minimize the risk associated with this occurrence and the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 7d
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 8, 2021
→ Notified: Jul 15, 2021
7d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 8, 2021 → Notified: Jul 15, 2021	7d	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/sb24-542976
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2021
Raw hash: 9ce812e5ed2ff42e05b22349cf7b1ab00d618b0c51354fd38ae8d7c78d8bf92f

Reporting entityCalifornia Student Aid Commission

Victim entityCalifornia Student Aid Commission

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2021

Stated responseContacted law enforcement agencies

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov