HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)LowContained

Watsonville Community Hospital

bd_fd51d9e52c7b09b2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 29, 2024

Filed

Oct 16, 2025

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Watsonville Community Hospital →2 incidents on file

Watsonville Community Hospital experienced unauthorized access to a limited subset of its network between November 25 and November 30, 2024. The hospital became aware of suspicious activity on November 29, 2024. Investigation confirmed that certain files were accessed or downloaded without authorization. Affected data includes names, addresses, and potentially protected health information. The hospital contained the incident by taking systems offline and isolating affected networks. It engaged third-party investigators, notified the FBI and regulators, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Nov 29, 2024 → Notified Oct 15, 2025320d ✗ CA 60-day late46 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 321 days

Nov 25, 2024

Begins

Nov 29, 2024

Discovered

Oct 16, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by termite about this victim was first seen 309 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitetermitebd_b9adf15399e0394d2024-12-05 · +314dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_49347cffef2506702025-10-16Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_66074d82561ed7252025-10-17 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_64d26d9110233fee2025-10-15 · +1dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_baf908a2789a70962025-10-15 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 289d gap

Illinois State AGbd_1be423ffa61832652025-11-01 · +16dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_af426c2c00d877712026-05-20 · +216dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_5e3254a29f6492372024-12-31 · +289dVerified

Name: Watsonville Community Hospital
norm: watsonville community hospital
Domain: watsonvillehospital.com

Name: Watsonville Community Hospital
norm: watsonville community hospital
Domain: watsonvillehospital.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 25, 2024 – Nov 30, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 15, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported to appropriate state and federal data privacy regulators

During the incident: Took portions of our network offline
Isolated the affected systems
Began an investigation into the activity
Performed a comprehensive and time-intensive third-party review of the impacted files
Reported this incident to the federal bureau of investigation
Reported this incident to appropriate state and federal data privacy regulators
Offering access to 12/24 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Reviewed and enhanced our technical, administrative, and physical safeguards, policies, and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(321 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 320dLeak >180d
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: Nov 29, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 15, 2025
320d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Nov 29, 2024 → Notified: Oct 15, 2025	320d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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HHS OCRDec 31 · first

Montana State AG+288d

Nebraska State AG+288d

Massachusetts State AG+289d

California State AG+289d · this page

Maine State AG+290d

Illinois State AG+305d

New Hampshire State AG+505d

Pattern: first filing Dec 31 (CA), last May 20 (NH) — a 505-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/sb24-612887
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2025
Raw hash: b0debf3440f5feebbe9140d891d1dda48ea1ab9d99d249c9d4be6b2497457e09

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWatsonville Community Hospital

Victim entityWatsonville Community Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2024

Stated responseTook portions of our network offline

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov