The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Department of Rehabilitation on December 7, 2017. The breach occurred on November 22, 2017, when a file containing personal information, specifically names and social security numbers, was inadvertently emailed without encryption to an outside entity. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-130844
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/california-department-of-rehabilitation
"id": "cal739072625",
"linkid": "california-department-of-rehabilitation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'California, USA',
'name': 'California Department of Rehabilitation',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'No',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2017-11-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-12-07',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the Department of Rehabilitation on December '
'7, 2017. The breach occurred on November 22, 2017, when a '
'file containing personal information, specifically names and '
'social security numbers, was inadvertently emailed without '
'encryption to an outside entity. The number of individuals '
'affected is currently unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-12-07',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at California Department of Rehabilitation',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unencrypted Email'}