Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

On November 13, 2017, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) experienced a data breach on October 24, 2017. The breach occurred due to an employee's inadvertent email attachment containing personal identifiable information (PII) of candidates, including names, email addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-104241

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

"id": "lac232072925",
"linkid": "lacdmh",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Los Angeles, California',
                        'name': 'Los Angeles County Department of Mental '
                                'Health',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Email Attachment',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Email Addresses',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-10-24',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-13',
 'description': 'The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) '
                'experienced a data breach on October 24, 2017, due to an '
                "employee's inadvertent email attachment containing personal "
                'identifiable information (PII) of candidates, including '
                'names, email addresses, and Social Security Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Email Addresses',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'motivation': 'Accidental',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-11-13',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Employee',
 'title': 'LACDMH Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}