MisuseHealthcareGovernmentHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentPHIMediumActive

California Department of State Hospitals

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2021

Filed

May 11, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected

299state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for California Department of State Hospitals →3 incidents on file

The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) discovered on April 13, 2021, that an employee improperly accessed personal and health information of approximately 299 individuals, including employees, former employees, and job applicants. The compromised data included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, immigration information, and health information related to employment. DSH placed the employee on administrative leave, is cooperating with law enforcement, and has notified relevant regulatory bodies including HHS OCR and the California Attorney General. The investigation is ongoing.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 13, 2021 → Notified May 1, 202118d ✓ CA 60-day OK28 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Apr 13, 2021

Begins

Apr 13, 2021

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_c1cfab1260d5fbcf2021-04-05 · +36dCandidate
California State AGbd_bef01021bc772a9b2021-03-17 · +55dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_cf89708cf713e4812021-03-17 · +55dVerified

Name: California Department of State Hospitals
norm: california department of state hospitals

Name: California Department of State Hospitals
norm: california department of state hospitals
Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 13, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 1, 2021
Affected individuals: 299state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the United States Health and Human Services, Office of Civil RightsNotified the California Office of Information SecurityNotified the California Office of Health Information IntegrityNotified the California Highway PatrolNotified the California Department of Public HealthNotified the California Attorney General’s Office
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Placed the principal subject of the investigation on administrative leave
Continuing to analyze the electronic network to see whether the employee improperly accessed any other information
Cooperating with the law enforcement agency in conducting an investigation
Notified the United States Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights
Notified the California Office of Information Security
Notified the California Office of Health Information Integrity
Notified the California Highway Patrol
Notified the California Department of Public Health
Notified the California Attorney General’s Office
Provided a call center for affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 18d
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 13, 2021
→ Notified: May 1, 2021
18d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 13, 2021 → Notified: May 1, 2021	18d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings

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California State AGMar 17 · first

HHS OCRMar 17 · first

California State AG+19d

California State AG+55d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 17 (CA), last May 11 (CA) — a 55-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/sb24-540778
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2021
Raw hash: a2f804c6fd85518fb9c485909974670865375daa36df96ba4dc5f88254ccc8ac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCalifornia Department of State Hospitals

Victim entityCalifornia Department of State Hospitals

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2021

Stated responsePlaced the principal subject of the investigation on administrative leave

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov