CALIFORNIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

California Department of State Hospitals

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 17, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

5,014

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for California Department of State Hospitals →3 incidents on file

California Department of State Hospitals reported to HHS on 2021-03-17 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 5014 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An employee impermissibly accessed ePHI including names, addresses, diagnoses, and lab results. The entity sanctioned the employee and strengthened policies.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_bef01021bc772a9b2021-03-17Candidate
California State AGbd_c1cfab1260d5fbcf2021-04-05 · +19dCandidate
California State AGbd_f0d4f93fd7d4c2f22021-05-11 · +55dCandidate

Name: California Department of State Hospitals
norm: california department of state hospitals
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: California Department of State Hospitals
norm: california department of state hospitals
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,014nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the employee
Strengthened its policies and procedures
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Strengthened its policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings

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California State AGMar 17 · first

HHS OCRMar 17 · first · this page

California State AG+19d

California State AG+55d

Pattern: first filing Mar 17 (CA), last May 11 (CA) — a 55-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2021
Raw hash: 2b5d305f5d625e2b4ba23772065e13b5aff4fd208953f0fd2bcbbb01363707c3

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of State Hospitals

Victim entityCalifornia Department of State Hospitals

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the employee

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing