TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

UT Physicians

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 28, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

596

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for UT Physicians →2 incidents on file

UT Physicians (TX) reported to HHS on 2013-08-28 a Theft affecting 596 individuals. An unencrypted laptop attached to an EMG nerve device and stored in a locked, key-card-secured closet was stolen from the facility. The ePHI included patients' names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and EMG values. Following the breach, UT Physicians replaced the device with an encrypted laptop, improved physical safeguards, inventoried all ePHI-containing devices, and provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media. OCR reviewed the CE's risk analysis and risk management plan.

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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

Aug 28, 2013

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed596 affectedView incident

Name: UT Physicians
norm: ut physicians
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: UT Physicians
norm: ut physicians
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 596nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained copy of CE's current risk analysis and risk management plan with evidence of implementation for security measures

During the incident: Replaced stolen laptop with an encrypted laptop
Improved physical safeguards for the new laptop
Inventoried and assessed devices and equipment containing ePHI
Brought devices into compliance with CE policies including encryption requirements
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Deployed encrypted replacement laptop
Enhanced physical security controls for devices containing ePHI
Conducted device inventory and compliance assessment
Implemented risk management plan with evidence of security measures to reduce risk of computer theft
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: Aug 28, 2013
Raw hash: 4afa38a108358099334d970cb57eb7dcb4cb23fd99b4e583ad1ec22b2b5fe34d

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Reporting entityUT Physicians

Victim entityUT Physicians

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseReplaced stolen laptop with an encrypted laptop

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing