On May 11, 2021, the California Department of State Hospitals reported a data breach involving improper access to personal information. The breach, discovered on April 13, 2021, affected 1,415 patient names, COVID-19 test results, and health information, as well as the personal information of approximately 1,735 employees and job applicants. Details about the specific method of breach are not provided.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-540778
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cadsh
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"linkid": "cadsh",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['1,415 patients',
'1,735 employees and job '
'applicants'],
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'California Department of State Hospitals',
'type': 'Government'}],
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'1,735 employee and job '
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'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['patient names',
'COVID-19 test results',
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'personal information of '
'employees and job applicants']},
'date_detected': '2021-04-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-11',
'description': 'A data breach involving improper access to personal '
'information was reported by the California Department of '
'State Hospitals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['patient names',
'COVID-19 test results',
'health information',
'personal information of employees and job '
'applicants']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Department of State Hospitals'}],
'title': 'California Department of State Hospitals Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}