TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 20, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

29,227

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. →2 incidents on file

McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. reported to HHS on 2021-09-20 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 29,227 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Network Server. PHI included names, DOBs, addresses, SSNs, diagnoses, and treatment info.

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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 20, 2021

Filed

—

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.Confirmed29,227 affectedView incident

Name: McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd.
norm: mcallen surgical specialty center
Domain: mcallensurgicalspecialtycenter.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd.
norm: mcallen surgical specialty center
Domain: mcallensurgicalspecialtycenter.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,227nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data
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: Sep 20, 2021
Raw hash: aac5bdacad014fb281109a5f3cfcf2df6237619370054cd7ca45f6148101c8ca

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Reporting entityMcAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd.

Victim entityMcAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing