The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) reported a data breach involving the Sun Bucks Program on October 3, 2024. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to case information in the ebtEDGE Web Admin platform, was discovered on July 19, 2024, and affected personal information including children's names, addresses, dates of birth, card numbers, and EBT account numbers. The number of individuals affected is not specified.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-592849
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/california-department-of-social-services
"id": "cal854072625",
"linkid": "california-department-of-social-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Social Services',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'California Department of Social Services',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ["children's names",
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'card numbers',
'EBT account numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2024-07-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-10-03',
'description': 'The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) reported '
'a data breach involving the Sun Bucks Program on October 3, '
'2024. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to case '
'information in the ebtEDGE Web Admin platform, was discovered '
'on July 19, 2024, and affected personal information including '
"children's names, addresses, dates of birth, card numbers, "
'and EBT account numbers. The number of individuals affected '
'is not specified.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["children's names",
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'card numbers',
'EBT account numbers'],
'systems_affected': ['ebtEDGE Web Admin platform']},
'title': 'California Department of Social Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}