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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Medical Board of California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 21, 2024

Filed

Nov 14, 2024

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

The Medical Board of California notified individuals that a document containing their full name, date of birth, and last 4 digits of SSN/ITIN was erroneously uploaded to an unauthorized location between March 22, 2024, and October 17, 2024. The Board became aware of the breach on October 21, 2024. The incident is classified as an error involving misdelivery of data. The Board is investigating and revising policies to prevent recurrence.

Incident timeline

undetected · 213 days
discovery → filing · 24 days

Mar 22, 2024

Begins

Oct 21, 2024

Discovered

Nov 14, 2024

Filed

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

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.