VIRGINIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Universal Health Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 6, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

583

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Universal Health Corporation →2 incidents on file

Universal Health Corporation (VA) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-11-06 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 583 individuals. An employee was subject to an email phishing scheme that exposed PHI including names, dates of birth, addresses, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. Breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and the media, posted substitute notice, implemented additional safeguards, and retrained staff on email security.

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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

Nov 6, 2024

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.Confirmed583 affectedView incident

Name: Universal Health Corporation
norm: universal health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Universal Health Corporation
norm: universal health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcarenaics map

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 583nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on website
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce on email security precautions and identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards implemented
Workforce email security retraining conducted
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: Nov 6, 2024
Raw hash: ff23d63cd6dcc786128206994dfc420e6bbbc966502b6979cc5938fd5b7216bf

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Reporting entityUniversal Health Corporation

Victim entityUniversal Health Corporation

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing