AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 5, 2022

Filed

Feb 8, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation →8 incidents on file

On January 5, 2022, an employee at Calipatria State Prison, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, inadvertently emailed a document containing personal information to the wrong person. The exposed data included first and last name, date of birth, and Social Security number. The agency is reviewing and revising procedures to prevent recurrence.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 5, 2022 → Notified Feb 18, 202244d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Jan 5, 2022

Begins

Jan 5, 2022

Discovered

Feb 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Name: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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Name: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 5, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 5, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 18, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Changes made: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 44d
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: Jan 5, 2022
→ Notified: Feb 18, 2022
44d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 5, 2022 → Notified: Feb 18, 2022	44d	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/sb24-550791
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2022
Raw hash: f40715fe5bd62009431c9e43048525da1c00d4d487202f221543251182954973

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 5, 2022

Stated responseReviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov