DisclosureLens
HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

City of Torrance

bd_d8ff1381ca0cea97 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2020

Filed

May 18, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for City of Torrance

The City of Torrance notified employees of a cybersecurity incident initially identified on March 1, 2020. On April 21, 2020, the City learned that employee data, including names, Social Security numbers, financial account information, and other government identification numbers, had been found on the internet. The investigation remains ongoing with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals. The City is offering one year of complimentary identity protection services through Experian.

California clockDiscovered Mar 1, 2020Notified May 15, 202075d CA 60-day late11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Mar 1, 2020

Begins

Mar 1, 2020

Discovered

May 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 156d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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California State AGMay 18 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing May 18 (CA), last Oct 21 (NH) — a 156-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.