HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Torrance Memorial Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 20, 2017

Filed

Jun 19, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Torrance Memorial Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Torrance Memorial Medical Center discovered an email security incident on April 20, 2017, involving unauthorized access to two staff members' email accounts containing work-related reports. Forensic evidence indicated the cyber attack occurred between April 18 and April 19, 2017. Affected data may include names, Social Security numbers, addresses, health insurance information, dates of birth, and treatment/diagnostic information. The organization engaged forensic investigators, notified regulators (CDPH, HHS, FBI), and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services via Experian.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 20, 2017 → Notified Jun 19, 201760d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 18, 2017

Begins

Apr 20, 2017

Discovered

Jun 19, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_26c7cd2c2f48b2a72017-06-19Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_81311245c12685662017-06-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_980e3f773337cf9b2017-06-19Verified
HHS OCRbd_a054a6bcc12048182017-06-19Verified

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Montana State AGbd_474742334f1665d52017-07-07 · +18dVerified

Name: Torrance Memorial Medical Center
norm: torrance memorial medical center

Name: Torrance Memorial Medical Center
norm: torrance memorial medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 20, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2017 – Apr 19, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 19, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to California Department of Public HealthReported to U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesReported to FBI

During the incident: Immediately launched an investigation
Working with third-party forensic investigators
Reported this incident to the California Department of Public Health
Reported this incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Reported this incident to the FBI
Notifying state officials, as required by law
Offering access to one (1) year of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Experian at no cost to you
Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional training to our staff on safeguarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional training to our staff on safeguarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
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: Apr 20, 2017
→ Notified: Jun 19, 2017
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 20, 2017 → Notified: Jun 19, 2017	60d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJun 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 19 · first

HHS OCRJun 19 · first

California State AGJun 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+18d

Pattern: first filing Jun 19 (MT), last Jul 7 (MT) — a 18-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-97527
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 19, 2017
Raw hash: 640020248bf2e5acae4c2b4ece67ecfdc8a8af94ec5f6a7fd73db4a7b5932695

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTorrance Memorial Medical Center

Victim entityTorrance Memorial Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2017

Stated responseImmediately launched an investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov