County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services on August 21, 2023. The breach, which occurred on January 19, 2023, involved unauthorized access to personally identifiable information including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (last four digits).

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-572169

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lacodpss

"id": "lac109072825",
"linkid": "lacodpss",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Services',
                        'location': 'Los Angeles, California',
                        'name': 'County of Los Angeles Department of Public '
                                'Social Services',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers (last '
                                              'four digits)']},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-19',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-08-21',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to personally identifiable information '
                'including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers '
                '(last four digits).',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers (last four digits)']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-08-21',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social '
          'Services',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}