AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Torrance Memorial Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 6, 2020

Filed

Mar 6, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Torrance Memorial Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Torrance Memorial Medical Center notified patients that an outside radiology vendor's server was unsecured from June 20, 2019, to December 13, 2019. The server temporarily stored patient images containing names, dates of birth, gender, medical record numbers, and referring physician information. Torrance Memorial was notified of the issue on January 6, 2020. The investigation found no evidence that unauthorized persons accessed the data. The vendor secured the server, and Torrance Memorial offered 12 months of identity theft monitoring and restoration services to affected patients.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 6, 2020 → Notified Mar 6, 202060d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 200 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 20, 2019

Begins

Jan 6, 2020

Discovered

Mar 6, 2020

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_a46fee66a8f49c1b2020-03-06Verified
Washington State AGbd_efb5ec6d4f1056c52020-03-06Verified

Name: Torrance Memorial Medical Center
norm: torrance memorial medical center

Name: Torrance Memorial Medical Center
norm: torrance memorial medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 20, 2019 – Dec 13, 2019
Undetected for: 200 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 6, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Third party: via outside radiology vendor
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Took immediate steps to investigate and address the issue
Secured the unsecured server
Offered identity theft monitoring and restoration services through First Watch ID for a period of 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Holding the vendor accountable for raising their security standards to be as stringent as Torrance Memorial’s
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 60d
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: Jan 6, 2020
→ Notified: Mar 6, 2020
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 6, 2020 → Notified: Mar 6, 2020	60d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRMar 6 · first

Washington State AGMar 6 · first

California State AGMar 6 · 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/sb24-188027
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 6, 2020
Raw hash: 426da1f21ce6d0ed5701435f702ff7297928d6a09af04642f44ea1fe690e7bc5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTorrance Memorial Medical Center

Victim entityTorrance Memorial Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Jan 6, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to investigate and address the issue

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov