CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

California Department of Developmental Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 11, 2018

Filed

Apr 6, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

582,174

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for California Department of Developmental Services →2 incidents on file

CA Department of Developmental Services reported to HHS on 2018-04-06 a Theft affecting 582,174 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Unknown persons broke into offices, ransacked files, and started a fire causing water damage to documents containing PHI and billing info.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Feb 11, 2018 → Notified Apr 6, 201854d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Feb 11, 2018

Begins

Feb 11, 2018

Discovered

Apr 6, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2cfa6dab7328f9362018-04-06Verified

Name: California Department of Developmental Services
norm: california department of developmental
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: California Department of Developmental Services
norm: california department of developmental
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 11, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 6, 2018
Affected individuals: 582,174nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE on its security management process

During the incident: Immediately reported the incident to law enforcement
Conducted a network investigation and verified that encrypted laptops stolen from the office were not accessed following the theft
Utilized a vendor to clean up water and smoke damage
Placed a 24-hour security guard in the building
Changed employee passwords
Changes made: Placed a 24-hour security guard in the building
Changed employee passwords
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 54dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 11, 2018
→ Notified: Apr 6, 2018
54d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 11, 2018
→ Notified: Apr 6, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 11, 2018 → Notified: Apr 6, 2018	54d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 11, 2018 → Notified: Apr 6, 2018	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGApr 6 · first

HHS OCRApr 6 · first · this page

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: Apr 6, 2018
Raw hash: 300f9dec6aadcb0af8a7998d0da84246891737128cdbe473fada677e66576d91

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of Developmental Services

Victim entityCalifornia Department of Developmental Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2018

Stated responseImmediately reported the incident to law enforcement

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing