The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) on February 28, 2024. The breach, discovered on February 15, 2024, involved the unauthorized dissemination of Leave and Activity Balance reports containing confidential information, including full social security numbers and names. Approximately 1,000 individuals were affected by this incident.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-581641
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cadsh
"id": "cad531072825",
"linkid": "cadsh",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Department of State Hospitals',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Dissemination',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Full Social Security '
'Numbers',
'Names'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Full Social Security Numbers',
'Names']},
'date_detected': '2024-02-15',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-02-28',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) on '
'February 28, 2024. The breach, discovered on February 15, '
'2024, involved the unauthorized dissemination of Leave and '
'Activity Balance reports containing confidential information, '
'including full social security numbers and names. '
'Approximately 1,000 individuals were affected by this '
'incident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full Social Security Numbers', 'Names']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-02-28',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Department of State Hospitals',
'type': 'Data Breach'}