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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 5, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

556

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Vanderbilt University Medical Center →4 incidents on file

Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported to HHS on 2022-01-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 556 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A business associate employee was victim of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI (names, DOB, SSN, treatment info). The BA provided credit monitoring and implemented technical 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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 5, 2022

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed556 affectedView incident

Name: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
norm: vanderbilt university medical center
Domain: vumc.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
norm: vanderbilt university medical center
Domain: vumc.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 556nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The BA notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
The CE posted substitute notice on its website
The BA provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft monitoring services
Changes made: The BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data
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: Jan 5, 2022
Raw hash: e09168f8e11d36efb5b32c0694ae04d1024e5bacf9ba14d17c10c59d1f55e492

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Reporting entityVanderbilt University Medical Center

Victim entityVanderbilt University Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing