DisclosureLens
UTAHSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

The University of Utah

bd_220c82f767c174f8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 21, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

3,670

Confidence

91%
Full breach record for The University of Utah →9 incidents on file

University of Utah Health (covered entity) reported an email phishing incident in which multiple employees' email accounts were compromised, exposing PHI. The HHS OCR breach portal lists 3,670 individuals affected for this entry; the narrative description references 18,317 individuals — the discrepancy likely reflects multiple related submissions. Exposed PHI included names, birthdates, lab results, medications, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. No business associate was indicated.

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 21, 2020

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,670 affectedView incident

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.