The California Office of the Attorney General disclosed a data breach affecting 211 LA County, occurring between March 14 and April 23, 2018, with official reporting on July 5, 2018. The incident stemmed from an employee’s misconfiguration, exposing sensitive personal data—including names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers—of an undisclosed number of individuals. While the investigation found no evidence of misuse or malicious exploitation of the compromised data, the exposure itself posed significant risks, such as potential identity theft or fraud. The breach highlighted vulnerabilities in internal data-handling protocols, particularly around human error, though no ransomware, external cyberattack, or further unauthorized access was confirmed. The lack of detected misuse mitigated immediate harm, but the exposure of high-value personally identifiable information (PII) remained a critical concern for affected individuals and the organization’s compliance obligations.