TEXASSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 1, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,804

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center →5 incidents on file

Metrocare Services (Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-11-01 that several employees were victims of an email phishing scheme affecting ePHI of 1,804 individuals. Breached information was located in Email. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers' license numbers, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and implemented corrective safeguards and workforce retraining. OCR obtained assurances of remediation.

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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

Nov 1, 2018

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.Confirmed1,804 affectedView incident

Name: Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center
norm: dallas county mental health mental retardation center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center
norm: dallas county mental health mental retardation center
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Centerdba oflegal entity
Metrocare Servicesdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,804nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members on identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards implemented
Workforce phishing-awareness retraining conducted
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: Nov 1, 2018
Raw hash: b633a5f2e36d24edeb2234c8aef89186cbb7bc5cbb1c6bffaf5f5e83e3e83a44

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Reporting entityDallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

Victim entityDallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing