MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentFinancialMediumResolved

Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2020

Filed

May 29, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego experienced a ransomware attack discovered on March 30, 2020, with unauthorized access occurring between March 27 and March 30, 2020. The attacker encrypted data, and the organization paid the ransom to recover it. Affected data included names, SSNs, medical information, immigration documents, and criminal history. The organization shut down systems, engaged forensics, notified the FBI, and is moving backups to the cloud.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 30, 2020 → Notified May 29, 202060d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Mar 27, 2020

Begins

Mar 30, 2020

Discovered

May 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Name: Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego
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Name: Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego
norm: catholic charities diocese of san diego
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 27, 2020 – Mar 30, 2020
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 29, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentFinancial
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIWorking with local law enforcement

During the incident: Immediately shut down our entire system
Notified the FBI
Retained a forensic firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Paid the attacker and recovering all of our data
Changed relevant passwords
Removed compromised accounts from the system
Deployed monitoring and anti-crypto software
Retired the environment targeted in the attack
Working with local law enforcement to provide it with information to assist in its investigation
Changes made: Moving our backups to a cloud-based system
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: Mar 30, 2020
→ Notified: May 29, 2020
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 30, 2020 → Notified: May 29, 2020	60d	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/sb24-190468
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 29, 2020
Raw hash: 9d97a6a3132c854d8e8051e57f832db58f4c377d12ba87dcbbc10f14394f49c9

Reporting entityCatholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego

Victim entityCatholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2020

Stated responseImmediately shut down our entire system

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov