TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 17, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

2,264

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center →5 incidents on file

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported to HHS on 2012-08-17 a Loss affecting 2264 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. An employee lost an unencrypted thumb drive containing names, dates of birth, lab results, and treatment information. OCR enforcement resulted in a vacated civil money penalty and case dismissal.

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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

Aug 17, 2012

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.Confirmed2,264 affectedView incident

Name: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
norm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
Domain: mdanderson.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
norm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
Domain: mdanderson.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,264nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)Formal enforcement proceedings initiated by OCRAdministrative law judge ruled in OCR's favorDepartmental Appeals Board (DAB) imposed civil money penaltyU.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated CMP and remanded caseDAB dismissed the case

During the incident: Completed investigation into lost unencrypted thumb drive
Cooperated with OCR enforcement proceedings
Appealed civil money penalty to U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Changes made: Implemented encryption and decryption safeguards
Reviewed policies regarding portable electronic devices
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: Aug 17, 2012
Raw hash: baef9c2014b0e584b2965bf2eac89ce16549687c8c3e0330fbdcc4924cbf4098

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Reporting entityThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Victim entityThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCompleted investigation into lost unencrypted thumb drive

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing