California Health Care Facility

California Health Care Facility

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving the California Health Care Facility on July 6, 2016. The breach occurred on May 2, 2016, when an employee inadvertently emailed a document that contained personal information, including first and last names and Social Security numbers, to the wrong person. The total number of individuals affected has not been specified.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62703

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/california-correctional-health-care-services

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"linkid": "california-correctional-health-care-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'California Health Care Facility',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['First and last names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-07-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-07-06',
 'description': 'An employee inadvertently emailed a document containing '
                'personal information, including first and last names and '
                'Social Security numbers, to the wrong person.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['First and last names',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-07-06',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at California Health Care Facility',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Inadvertent Disclosure'}
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