TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHighContained
University of Houston College of Optometry
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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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18,500 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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 12, 2021
- Raw hash
- c84735f9e186288b93d93de57102568bbae6c0dddc0fc7bf1cc8a8b7f07900cc
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- University of Houston College of Optometrynorm: university of houston college of optometry
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- University of Houston College of Optometrynorm: university of houston college of optometry
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 18,500
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- HHS OCR notifiedOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.