TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIHighResolved

Texas Panhandle Centers

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 9, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

16,394

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Texas Panhandle Centers →

Texas Panhandle Centers (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-05-09 a ransomware incident affecting 16,394 individuals via a Network Server. Exposed PHI included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers' license numbers, claims information, diagnoses and conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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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

May 9, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_580820ae4df7ad192024-05-09Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_90d1a988a05e5a112024-05-13 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b50fb5474c4114b82024-05-23 · +14dVerified

Name: Texas Panhandle Centers
norm: texas panhandle centers
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Texas Panhandle Centers
norm: texas panhandle centers
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16,394nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PII
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — technical assistance provided regarding HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional security safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGMay 9 · first

HHS OCRMay 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing May 9 (VT), last May 23 (MA) — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: May 9, 2024
Raw hash: a6ab8f7215a356318fd1e19c0db3df9762b8cae6a9fddc47693aeb1ad16d1ebf

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Panhandle Centers

Victim entityTexas Panhandle Centers

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing