CALIFORNIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 23, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

601

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness →

County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness reported to HHS on 2022-05-23 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 601 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. A workforce member impermissibly accessed PHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and medical data.

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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

May 23, 2022

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed601 affectedView incident

Name: County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness
norm: county of santa barbara department of behavioral wellness
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: County of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness
norm: county of santa barbara department of behavioral wellness
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 601nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the workforce member
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained all workforce members
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained all workforce members
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.

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: May 23, 2022
Raw hash: fd82df0c23bb5f56526731de04232724c3e57d609c46474ceaccad8794c47187

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Reporting entityCounty of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness

Victim entityCounty of Santa Barbara, Department of Behavioral Wellness

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the workforce member

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing