AccidentalHealthcareEducationHealthcareMisconfigurationEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumResolved

UC San Diego School of Medicine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2016

Filed

Sep 22, 2016

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

UC San Diego School of Medicine discovered on September 7, 2016, that an electronic file containing personal information of Graduate Medical Education (GME) trainees was accessible on the internet. The file contained names, social security numbers, and internal index numbers. The breach occurred on August 3, 2016. UCSD removed the file immediately and is offering identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 7, 2016 → Notified Sep 15, 20168d ✓ CA 60-day OK15 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Aug 3, 2016

Begins

Sep 7, 2016

Discovered

Sep 22, 2016

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: UC San Diego School of Medicine
norm: uc san diego school of medicine
Domain: health.ucsd.edu

Name: UC San Diego School of Medicine
norm: uc san diego school of medicine
Domain: health.ucsd.edu
Industry: HealthcarellmEducationllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 3, 2016
Undetected for: 35 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration

During the incident: Took immediate steps to remove access to the file and data from the internet
Investigated the matter thoroughly
Offering identity theft protection through IDExperts
Changes made: Reviewing and improving its processes for handling data
Reiterated to staff the importance of carefully handling confidential information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 8d
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: Sep 7, 2016
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2016
8d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 7, 2016 → Notified: Sep 15, 2016	8d	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/sb24-63999
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2016
Raw hash: 687f989972338be590f61d7fd096621feb39dc8e86ece3a4afc0e263be2fa95b

Reporting entityUC San Diego School of Medicine

Victim entityUC San Diego School of Medicine

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2016

Stated responseTook immediate steps to remove access to the file and data from the internet

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov