TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 12, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

7,496

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen →

Valley Baptist Medical Center - Brownsville reported to HHS on 2022-08-12 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7496 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack exposing PHI including names, DOB, diagnoses, and medications.

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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

Aug 12, 2022

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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_00b37013fb531dc32022-08-12Candidate

Name: Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen
norm: valley baptist medical center harlingen
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,496nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Workforce members were retrained to better protect sensitive data
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Workforce members were retrained 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRAug 12 · first

HHS OCRAug 12 · 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: Aug 12, 2022
Raw hash: a31b2809bb76e62ddc1ad8ded1413885e969a327d1b34566a22a86fbc89e2c84

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityValley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen

Victim entityValley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing