HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumActive

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

bd_0f54d89ef789e7db · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Jun 6, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

126state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center →6 incidents on file

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) notified patients of a security incident involving its third-party EMR provider, Eye Care Leaders, Inc. (ECL). On December 4, 2021, an attacker accessed and deleted ECL's Integrity EMR databases containing patient PHI and PII. While ECL found no evidence of exfiltration, insufficient logs prevented ruling it out. TTUHSC engaged IT experts and legal counsel, offered credit monitoring, and reported to HHS and state regulators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 114 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Dec 4, 2021

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Jun 6, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_115e1c2e1bdc131e2022-06-06Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_abce55d6ca0d9d6e2022-06-06Verified
HHS OCRbd_857357074c35db872022-06-07 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2147e11a98413a962022-06-08 · +2dVerified

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
norm: texas tech university health sciences center
Domain: ttuhsc.edu

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
norm: texas tech university health sciences center
Domain: ttuhsc.edu
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2021
Undetected for: 114 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 126state-resident count only
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reporting this incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesReporting to state regulators
Third party: via Eye Care Leaders, Inc.

During the incident: Engaging information technology (IT) experts and legal counsel
Coordinating with ECL to learn more about the investigation
Reporting this incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state regulators
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Establishing a toll-free call center operated by Experian
Changes made: ECL updated and changed several security features
ECL working on additional improvements to secure its systems
TTUHSC working closely with ECL to mitigate any further risk of exposure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGJun 6 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 6 · first

Montana State AGJun 6 · first · this page

HHS OCR+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-436.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 6, 2022
Raw hash: 9c292fc02bdfab7c8e32e01432e7ce1cb1c2d65f9342683f240f2f8861afa3bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Victim entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2022

Stated responseEngaging information technology (IT) experts and legal counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov