TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Owens Ear Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

19,908

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Owens Ear Center →

Owens Ear Center reported to HHS on 2020-07-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 19908 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack exposing ePHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and health insurance info.

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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 27, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_51ad030be21cc0522020-07-27Verified
Montana State AGbd_b8cf42298bdbcfc62020-07-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfd023dde708a5872020-07-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_079122edb4c815fe2020-08-03 · +7dVerified

Name: Owens Ear Center
norm: owens ear center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Owens Ear Center
norm: owens ear center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19,908nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJul 27 · first

Montana State AGJul 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 27 · first

HHS OCRJul 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (IN), last Aug 3 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 27, 2020
Raw hash: dc89d4cc2309b4ab7a59dfc004abd1ba7c4d285a33ac85bea74fcc751c47a2f1

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOwens Ear Center

Victim entityOwens Ear Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing