The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Redwood Coast Regional Center experienced a data breach on June 14, 2023, due to a failure of email encryption, potentially affecting client names, UCI numbers, and Public Health Information. The breach was reported on August 8, 2023, but no specific number of individuals affected was provided.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-571443
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/redwood-coast-regional-center
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"linkid": "redwood-coast-regional-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Redwood Coast Regional Center',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Encryption Failure',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Failed',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Client Names',
'UCI Numbers',
'Public Health Information']},
'date_detected': '2023-06-14',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-08-08',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Redwood Coast Regional Center experienced a data breach on '
'June 14, 2023, due to a failure of email encryption, '
'potentially affecting client names, UCI numbers, and Public '
'Health Information. The breach was reported on August 8, '
'2023, but no specific number of individuals affected was '
'provided.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Client Names',
'UCI Numbers',
'Public Health Information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-08-08',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Redwood Coast Regional Center Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Encryption'}