VERMONTSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 21, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,300

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC. →

The University of Vermont Medical Center reported to HHS on 2017-07-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2300 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was the victim of an email phishing attack, exposing PHI including names, addresses, DOB, clinical info, and SSNs. The CE reset passwords, implemented technical safeguards, notified HHS and individuals, provided credit monitoring, and trained staff on identifying fraudulent emails.

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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

Jul 21, 2017

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.Confirmed2,300 affectedView incident

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC.
norm: the university of vermont medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC.
norm: the university of vermont medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,300nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the aforementioned corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reset the employee’s password
Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Instructed its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
Instructed its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications
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: Jul 21, 2017
Raw hash: d13cae57f9342d297b5d3db9c6ee33984195cc704dad3dcc55ba854bb32f4170

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Reporting entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC.

Victim entityTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseReset the employee’s password

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing