The California Department of State Hospitals reported a data breach on May 24, 2013, involving the unauthorized disclosure of Social Security Numbers and other personal information of employees due to a security incident on May 8, 2013. The information was available on the intranet for approximately 6 hours, affecting an unknown number of individuals. The breach was made public through a notification letter, which provided recommendations for identity theft protection.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41863
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cadsh
"id": "cad211072725",
"linkid": "cadsh",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California, USA',
'name': 'California Department of State Hospitals',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
'Other personal information']},
'date_detected': '2013-05-08',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-05-24',
'description': 'Unauthorized disclosure of Social Security Numbers and other '
'personal information of employees due to a security incident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
'Other personal information'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'recommendations': 'Identity theft protection measures',
'references': [{'source': 'Notification letter'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification letter with '
'recommendations for identity theft '
'protection'},
'title': 'California Department of State Hospitals Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}