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ALABAMAAccidentalHealthcareEducationHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Jul 26, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

1,655

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing →

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing reported to HHS on 2024-07-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,655 individuals. Workforce members sent a postcard containing visible PHI, including names, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, and location of treatment. Breached information was on Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. Responsible staff were sanctioned and additional administrative safeguards were implemented.

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 26, 2024

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.Confirmed1,655 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.