The California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) reported a data breach on September 13, 2012, involving an inadvertent email sent on June 20, 2012, which included a recipient's Social Security Number (SSN). The breach affected staff members within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and while recall efforts were made, it is unknown if the email was read by any recipients.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-36435
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/california-correctional-health-care-services
"id": "cal947072925",
"linkid": "california-correctional-health-care-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'California Correctional Health Care Services '
'(CCHCS)',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Number',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Number'},
'date_detected': '2012-06-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-09-13',
'description': 'The California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) '
'reported a data breach on September 13, 2012, involving an '
'inadvertent email sent on June 20, 2012, which included a '
"recipient's Social Security Number (SSN). The breach affected "
'staff members within the California Department of Corrections '
'and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and while recall efforts were '
'made, it is unknown if the email was read by any recipients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Number']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'source': 'CCHCS Data Breach Report'}],
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Email recall efforts']},
'title': 'CCHCS Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}