California disability clients, state employees hit by data breach

Sacramento Bee: Vandals who ransacked a state office in Sacramento in February stole 12 government computers and briefly had access to the personal health records of 582,000 people, the state Department of Developmental Services disclosed on Friday.

The group also had access to personal information regarding 15,000 state employees, contractors, job applicants and the parents of minors enrolled into the department's programs. The department oversees state centers and regional nonprofits that serve Californians with developmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism.

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