TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 10, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

36,503

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC →2 incidents on file

Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC dba Austin Cancer Centers reported to HHS on 2021-09-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 36,503 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, diagnoses, and medications. The entity implemented additional safeguards and received OCR technical assistance.

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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

Sep 10, 2021

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_a2803d728e2e776f2021-09-15 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3f95ff0fee00123a2021-08-21 · +20dVerified

Name: Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC
norm: central texas medical specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC
norm: central texas medical specialists
Also named: Central Texas Medical Specialists, PLLCdba oflegal entity
Austin Cancer Centersdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,503nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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 Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGAug 21 · first

HHS OCR+20d · this page

Maine State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (IN), last Sep 15 (ME) — a 25-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: Sep 10, 2021
Raw hash: a8c17117b77a942b8f5bd90b56b7aaf75b819c2d353be0334b0cb26c974c6410

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentral Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC

Victim entityCentral Texas Medical Specialists, PLLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing