TEXASAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisconfigurationPublishing ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPatch Available Not AppliedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Department of Aging and Disability Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 11, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

6,600

Confidence

93%

Full breach record for The Department of Aging and Disability Services →

The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) reported to HHS OCR on June 11, 2015 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure breach affecting 6,600 individuals. An internal application was migrated from a private server to a public server; a software flaw allowed ePHI (names, addresses, SSNs, treatment information) to be accessed without credentials. OCR later imposed a $1.6M civil money penalty against successor entity TX HHSC for HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule violations from 2013–2017. Breached information located on Network Server.

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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

Jan 1, 2013

Begins

Jun 11, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,600 affectedView incident

Name: The Department of Aging and Disability Services
norm: the department of aging and disability
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: The Department of Aging and Disability Services
norm: the department of aging and disability
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2013 – Sep 1, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,600nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conductedCivil money penalty of $1,600,000 imposed against TX HHSCNotice of Proposed Determination issuedNotice of Final Determination issued — see https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enforcement/agreements/txhhsc/index.html
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Breach reported to OCR on June 11, 2015
OCR investigation initiated
Civil money penalty of $1,600,000 assessed
Changes made: DADS reorganized into TX HHSC in September 2017
OCR required enterprise-wide risk analysis
OCR required implementation of access and audit controls
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: Jun 11, 2015
Raw hash: 21c69498afe38698fc9695ab53736a9a27e176bb781be919b4b27b53df810fc2

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Reporting entityThe Department of Aging and Disability Services

Victim entityThe Department of Aging and Disability Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach reported to OCR on June 11, 2015

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing