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TEXASPhysicalHealthcareEducationHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

bd_37b575d2b67f70af · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 18, 2018

To disclose

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Affected

1,792

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston →

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reported to HHS on 2018-09-18 a Theft affecting 1,792 individuals. Documents containing PHI (names, birthdates, diagnoses, and clinical information) were stolen from an employee's vehicle. Breached information was on Paper/Films. The CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, retrained staff, and provided substitute notice. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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

Sep 18, 2018

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.Confirmed1,792 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.