DisclosureLens
TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighContained

University of Houston College of Optometry

bd_73ed4fcc09a1a6a1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 12, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

18,500

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for University of Houston College of Optometry →

University of Houston College of Optometry (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-11-12 a ransomware attack (Hacking/IT Incident) on a Network Server affecting 18,500 individuals. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. No business associate was involved. The CE implemented additional physical and technical safeguards, retrained staff on HIPAA rules, and received OCR technical assistance on the HIPAA Security Rule.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 12, 2021

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.Confirmed18,500 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.