Department of State Hospitals – Coalinga

The California Department of State Hospitals – Coalinga reported a data breach on September 3, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized disclosure of patient information to the United States District Court, which occurred on or around August 12, 2021. The specific types of compromised information included names, case numbers, birth dates, legal commitments, admission dates, unit numbers, and genders of patients, but did not include Social Security numbers or financial account numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-544919

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cadsh

"id": "cad749072825",
"linkid": "cadsh",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Coalinga, California',
                        'name': 'California Department of State Hospitals – '
                                'Coalinga',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'case numbers',
                                              'birth dates',
                                              'legal commitments',
                                              'admission dates',
                                              'unit numbers',
                                              'genders']},
 'date_detected': '2021-09-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-09-03',
 'description': 'The California Department of State Hospitals – Coalinga '
                'reported a data breach involving unauthorized disclosure of '
                'patient information to the United States District Court.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'case numbers',
                                 'birth dates',
                                 'legal commitments',
                                 'admission dates',
                                 'unit numbers',
                                 'genders']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-09-03',
                 'source': 'California Department of State Hospitals – '
                           'Coalinga'}],
 'title': 'California Department of State Hospitals – Coalinga Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}