MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Golden Gate Regional Center

bd_a790ce64bf5b2815 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 23, 2020

Filed

Nov 20, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Golden Gate Regional Center →2 incidents on file

Golden Gate Regional Center experienced a ransomware incident on September 23, 2020. The organization detected unusual activity, disabled its network, and engaged forensic investigators. Preliminary findings indicated that certain personal and protected health information of individuals served was acquired by an unknown actor. The organization notified the FBI and offered one year of complimentary identity monitoring services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 23, 2020 → Notified Nov 20, 202058d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 23, 2020

Begins

Sep 23, 2020

Discovered

Nov 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_123ae892ec7802e72020-11-20Verified

Name: Golden Gate Regional Center
norm: golden gate regional center
Domain: ggrc.org

Name: Golden Gate Regional Center
norm: golden gate regional center
Domain: ggrc.org
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 23, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 20, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

During the incident: Disabled its network
Secured its systems
Immediately began an investigation
Worked to restore operations and data access from backups
Engaged a leading, independent computer forensics firm
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Offering complimentary identity monitoring and protection services for one year through IDX
Changes made: Taken measures to further enhance the security of information in our possession and to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 58d
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 23, 2020
→ Notified: Nov 20, 2020
58d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 23, 2020 → Notified: Nov 20, 2020	58d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRNov 20 · first

California State AGNov 20 · first · this page

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/sb24-196372
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 20, 2020
Raw hash: d11728cc4a616fd0c2d914028c01a420104922a22d67da352b1451a524954185

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGolden Gate Regional Center

Victim entityGolden Gate Regional Center

Incidentdiscovered Sep 23, 2020

Stated responseDisabled its network

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov