TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

4,130

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital →3 incidents on file

South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital reported to HHS on 2024-03-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4130 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI (names, DOB, SSN, driver's license, diagnoses, medications). The entity offered credit monitoring and implemented security 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

Mar 29, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0d170b2f4714100e2024-03-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_b842a61bb2d6bf6a2024-03-29Verified

Name: South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital
norm: south texas rehabilitation hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital
norm: south texas rehabilitation hospital
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,130nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRMar 29 · first

Montana State AGMar 29 · first

HHS OCRMar 29 · first · this page

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: Mar 29, 2024
Raw hash: 8639c3d0eb136cf951dcde8a2508f6fd5c4772193fbc001463d5cfb8930f84a3

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

Victim entitySouth Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing