TEXASMisuseHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisuse OtherCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Harris County, Texas

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

26,000

Confidence

93%

Full breach record for Harris County, Texas →2 incidents on file

Harris County (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-07-27 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 26,000 individuals. An employee made ePHI viewable via the Internet from a network server. OCR subsequently determined that Harris County does not meet the definition of a covered entity or business associate, and the case was closed.

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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

Jul 27, 2021

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.Confirmed26,000 affectedView incident

Name: Harris County, Texas
norm: harris county texas
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Harris County, Texas
norm: harris county texas
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed; determined Harris County does not meet the definition of a covered entity or business associate; case closed.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Case closed by OCR after determination of non-covered-entity status.
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: Jul 27, 2021
Raw hash: ac3f09a3f70fb05f9060f935371f653336d15956954ce30f4ae551fda18926fb

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Reporting entityHarris County, Texas

Victim entityHarris County, Texas

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCase closed by OCR after determination of non-covered-entity status.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing