VIRGINIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 21, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,882

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Medical Center →2 incidents on file

University of Virginia Medical Center reported to HHS on 2018-02-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1882 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Laptop. An unauthorized third party used malware to view patient PHI (demographic and clinical) on a physician's laptop from May 3, 2015, through December 27, 2016. The FBI confirmed no files were downloaded and the actor was apprehended. The CE implemented additional remote access safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

May 3, 2015

Begins

Feb 21, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,882 affectedView incident

Name: Medical Center
norm: medical center
Domain: medicalcenter.virginia.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Medical Center
norm: medical center
Domain: medicalcenter.virginia.edu
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: May 3, 2015 – Dec 27, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,882nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerLaptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR reviewed a copy of the CE’s current risk assessment, as well as all policies and procedures concerning the issue at hand

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional safeguards for remote access to the CE’s health system network
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards for remote access to the CE’s health system network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2018
Raw hash: e74df3ef8096ee8fbd4b3f01fca2cc73e709e1702df216b4bfbaccabbf879336

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Reporting entityMedical Center

Victim entityMedical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing