TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcareKeyloggerCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Institute for Women's Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 18, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

15,761

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Institute for Women's Health →

Institute for Women's Health reported to HHS on 2017-08-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 15,761 individuals. A keylogger virus on its computer network captured PHI including demographic, financial, and clinical information for more than a month. Breached information located on Network Server.

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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

Aug 18, 2017

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,761 affectedView incident

Name: Institute for Women's Health
norm: institute for women s health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Institute for Women's Health
norm: institute for women s health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,761nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial 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: T1056 Input CaptureT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance concerning a risk analysisOCR provided further technical assistance

During the incident: Notified the affected individuals and the media
Updated and implemented technical and procedural changes to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Retrained its staff
Changes made: Updated and implemented technical and procedural changes
Retrained its staff
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: Aug 18, 2017
Raw hash: e6513ebcb555639089bd9d6789a7b1e3c5b3dc1f802067039058878704733382

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Reporting entityInstitute for Women's Health

Victim entityInstitute for Women's Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified the affected individuals and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing