TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)CriticalResolved

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 7, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,290,104

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center →5 incidents on file

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reported to HHS on 2022-06-07 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack via a business associate) affecting 1,290,104 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI exposed includes names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, lab results, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE offered credit monitoring to affected individuals, revised policies and procedures, and received OCR technical assistance on business associate agreement requirements.

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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

Jun 7, 2022

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

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2147e11a98413a962022-06-08 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_0f54d89ef789e7db2022-06-06 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_115e1c2e1bdc131e2022-06-06 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_abce55d6ca0d9d6e2022-06-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
norm: texas tech university health sciences center
Domain: ttuhsc.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
norm: texas tech university health sciences center
Domain: ttuhsc.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,290,104nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding business associate agreement requirements.

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Changes made: Revised policies and procedures
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 · 4 states

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Montana State AGJun 6 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 6 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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: Jun 7, 2022
Raw hash: 4a62b6c014b4c7ac058fa7d33da7e1bd9003663aedc2269fd7a8f9143270d0c1

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Victim entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing