TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcareBrute ForceCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Emergence Health Network

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2015

Filed

Oct 16, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

11,100

Confidence

69%

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Emergence Health Network reported to HHS on 2015-10-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 11100 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The breach involved unauthorized remote login activity from Asia via a brute force attack, potentially exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, demographic, financial, clinical, and treatment information of individuals discharged from El Paso County Jail.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Oct 16, 2015

Discovered

Oct 16, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11,100 affectedView incident

Name: Emergence Health Network
norm: emergence health network
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Emergence Health Network
norm: emergence health network
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 16, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11,100nationwide
Data types: Health (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: T1110 Brute Force
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Retired outdated software
Implemented new policies and procedures to require regular patching of software
Installed a new intrusion protection detection system
Updated firewalls
Strengthened configurations on servers
Implemented internet protocol filtering
Implemented a new training program for workforce members
Changes made: Updated its Breach Notification Policy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 16, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 16, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 16, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 16, 2015 → 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: Oct 16, 2015
Raw hash: c9a6f0ccf8e5a8e042d4f2c2ab5c737c27b190b50cb004bf00c20b3df72c39c9

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Reporting entityEmergence Health Network

Victim entityEmergence Health Network

Incidentdiscovered Oct 16, 2015

Stated responseRetired outdated software

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing