DisclosureLens
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.

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

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.Confirmed1,804 affectedView incident

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.