PhysicalGovernmentGovernmentLossCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

California Department of Social Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2012

Filed

May 11, 2012

To disclose

10 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for California Department of Social Services →5 incidents on file

The California Department of Social Services reported a security incident involving a package containing personal information for In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers and recipients. The package was in transit between the Hewlett Packard processing center and the State Compensation Insurance Fund when it arrived damaged on May 1, 2012, with some contents missing. Affected data included scanned document images and employer tax identification numbers. The state is working to recover the information and has notified the Attorney General and State Office of Privacy Protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 days

May 1, 2012

Begins

May 1, 2012

Discovered

May 11, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Name: California Department of Social Services
norm: california department of social

Name: California Department of Social Services
norm: california department of social
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: May 1, 2012
Breach occurred: May 1, 2012
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Advised the California Attorney General’s OfficeAdvised the State Office of Privacy Protection
Third party: via Hewlett Packard

During the incident: Advised the California Attorney General’s Office and the State Office of Privacy Protection about this incident
Continuing to work with HP and the SCIF to recover the information
Reviewing the circumstances that caused this incident
Changes made: Continue to work with our business partners to minimize future risks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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/sb24-23166
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2012
Raw hash: 438d29cd59a2ada9438ff310799997707a451e9791ee3ad2f8f4eb11d0ed3462

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Social Services

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Social Services

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2012

Stated responseAdvised the California Attorney General’s Office and the State Office of Privacy Protection about this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov