TEXASSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)High

Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 9, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,354

Confidence

94%

Full breach record for Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics →4 incidents on file

Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics (dba Hanger Clinic) reported a HIPAA breach after an employee of its business associate was the subject of an email phishing attack that compromised PHI of 1,354 individuals. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, driver's license numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. Hanger notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, implemented new technical safeguards, and retrained its workforce 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

Dec 9, 2022

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.Confirmed1,354 affectedView incident

Name: Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics
norm: hanger prosthetics and orthotics
Domain: hangerclinic.com

Name: Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics
norm: hanger prosthetics and orthotics
Domain: hangerclinic.com
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,354nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented new technical safeguards
Retrained its workforce on email security
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: Dec 9, 2022
Raw hash: 1befef9a9388c3cf01e651727ac8c82ef7e80bff1221626af421327caef15cbb

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Reporting entityHanger Prosthetics and Orthotics

Victim entityHanger Prosthetics and Orthotics

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing