AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)EmploymentLowResolved

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 31, 2013

Filed

Sep 11, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. →15 incidents on file

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. disclosed that an employee accidentally emailed a file containing confidential member information to an unauthorized recipient on May 16, 2013. The file included names, medical record numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, employer details, and appointment times for a wellness screening pilot. The error was discovered in late July 2013. The recipient deleted the file and attested it was not viewed. No screening results were shared.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 31, 2013 → Notified Sep 10, 201341d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

May 16, 2013

Begins

Jul 31, 2013

Discovered

Sep 11, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Name: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: kaiser foundation health plan
Domain: healthy.kaiserpermanente.org

Name: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: kaiser foundation health plan
Domain: healthy.kaiserpermanente.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 31, 2013
Breach occurred: May 16, 2013
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 10, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Launched an investigation into what happened
Worked with the recipient and the recipient’s employer to delete the electronic file from their systems
Changes made: Taking the necessary steps to ensure that this type of error does not happen again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 41d
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 31, 2013
→ Notified: Sep 10, 2013
41d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 31, 2013 → Notified: Sep 10, 2013	41d	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/sb24-42658
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2013
Raw hash: 73d9b21f56fda79281db0ccb8bbbbe8cb784f1ee366cb81b4ca33043e93158b5

Reporting entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Victim entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 31, 2013

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into what happened

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov