PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Denton Heart Group

bd_615cd444ff19098e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2017

Filed

Mar 10, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Denton Heart Group →

HealthTexas Provider Network (Denton Heart Group) notified patients that an external hard drive containing PHI and PII was stolen from a locked closet on or about Dec 29, 2016. The incident was discovered on Jan 11, 2017. Data included names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, and medical records. No indication of further disclosure. Law enforcement notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Dec 29, 2016

Begins

Jan 11, 2017

Discovered

Mar 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_c92b031ea70ce1172017-03-10Verified

Name: HealthTexas Provider Network
norm: healthtexas provider network

Name: Denton Heart Group
norm: denton heart
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 29, 2016
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Promptly reported the theft to law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Promptly reported the theft to law enforcement authorities
Working with law enforcement in its investigation
Conducted an internal investigation related to this incident
Necessary corrective actions have been taken to safeguard against similar incidents in the future
Taking steps to re-evaluate the security of computer devices within our clinics
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Conducted an internal investigation related to this incident
Necessary corrective actions have been taken to safeguard against similar incidents in the future
Taking steps to re-evaluate the security of computer devices within our clinics to further protect our patient’s information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRMar 10 · first

Montana State AGMar 10 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/HealthTexas-Provider-Network-Denton-Heart-Group.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2017
Raw hash: 434079150462a317e345161ca85103a721b9476683b285a616af2a09715d0356

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHealthTexas Provider Network

Victim entityDenton Heart Group

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2017

Stated responsePromptly reported the theft to law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov