AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMinorMediumResolved

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 14, 2025

Filed

Mar 12, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for STATE OF CALIFORNIA →3 incidents on file

On January 14, 2025, the California Department of Child Support Services inadvertently emailed a document containing personal information to a personal email account. The data exposed included names, dates of birth, addresses, and government IDs (SSN, driver's license) for both adults and minor dependents. The agency is reviewing procedures to prevent recurrence.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jan 14, 2025

Begins

Jan 14, 2025

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

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

Name: STATE OF CALIFORNIA
norm: state of california

Name: STATE OF CALIFORNIA
norm: state of california
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDMinor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Changes made: Reviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/sb24-599846
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2025
Raw hash: 784595b615c53608c2600e9aba2e2dd4b9d020074541d45ece5ba4f77fb678eb

Reporting entitySTATE OF CALIFORNIA

Victim entitySTATE OF CALIFORNIA

Incidentdiscovered Jan 14, 2025

Stated responseReviewing and revising procedures and practices to minimize the risk of recurrence

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov