TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

South Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 7, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

15,982

Confidence

68%

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South Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory reported to HHS on 2019-10-07 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 15982 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), was the victim of a cyber-attack. PHI included names, DOBs, clinical info, and financial data. CE terminated BA relationship and notified HHS/individuals/media.

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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

Oct 7, 2019

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.

Part of Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,982 affectedView incident

Name: South Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory
norm: south texas dermatopathology laboratory
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: South Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory
norm: south texas dermatopathology laboratory
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,982nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA)business associate

During the incident: Terminated its business relationship with the BA
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
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: Oct 7, 2019
Raw hash: 68e16f7aa7aff1559589abe50d32204d3962937dbb28b9c923252e1a00dd2914

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Reporting entitySouth Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory

Victim entitySouth Texas Dermatopathology Laboratory

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTerminated its business relationship with the BA

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing