The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) reported a data breach involving the erroneous mailing of Beneficiary Identification Cards (BIC) due to a computer programming error. The breach occurred between December 10 and December 18, 2012, potentially affecting an unknown number of individuals, with exposed information including names, Client Index Numbers, dates of birth, and genders. Affected parties were informed on December 21, 2012, and a new card was to be issued by January 1, 2013.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-37629
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/california-department-of-health-care-services
"id": "cal011072625",
"linkid": "california-department-of-health-care-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2012",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California, USA',
'name': 'California Department of Health Care Services',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Computer Programming Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'Client Index Numbers',
'dates of birth',
'genders'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Client Index Numbers',
'dates of birth',
'genders']},
'date_detected': '2012-12-21',
'date_resolved': '2013-01-01',
'description': 'The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) '
'reported a data breach involving the erroneous mailing of '
'Beneficiary Identification Cards (BIC) due to a computer '
'programming error.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Client Index Numbers',
'dates of birth',
'genders']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Issuing new Beneficiary '
'Identification Cards'],
'root_causes': 'Computer Programming Error'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Informing affected parties'],
'remediation_measures': ['Issuing new Beneficiary Identification '
'Cards']},
'title': 'California DHCS Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Computer Programming Error'}