PhysicalTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Community Technology Alliance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2014

Filed

Oct 2, 2014

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Community Technology Alliance →

Community Technology Alliance (CTA) reported the theft of a laptop on July 28, 2014, containing unencrypted HMIS data for homeless and low-income clients in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Affected data includes names and Social Security numbers. CTA reported the theft to police and is implementing encryption and security training.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 28, 2014 → Notified Sep 25, 201459d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jul 28, 2014

Begins

Jul 28, 2014

Discovered

Oct 2, 2014

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: Community Technology Alliance
norm: community technology alliance
Domain: ctagroup.org

Name: Community Technology Alliance
norm: community technology alliance
Domain: ctagroup.org
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 28, 2014
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Reported the crime to the Oakland Police Department
Further investigation is underway
Changes made: Working with all HMIS Partner Agencies to put in place security policies to protect data
Using encryption software
Requiring employees to attend data security training programs on a regular basis
Implementing routine checks to ensure people are following security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 59d
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 28, 2014
→ Notified: Sep 25, 2014
59d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 28, 2014 → Notified: Sep 25, 2014	59d	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/sb24-46834
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2014
Raw hash: ecb63ab47815d9930e97de8d36789e36b43cc5b88af50b83552d1ba0c4b99b9c

Reporting entityCommunity Technology Alliance

Victim entityCommunity Technology Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2014

Stated responseReported the crime to the Oakland Police Department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov