TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

The University of UT System Administration

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 21, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

794

Confidence

67%

The University of Texas System Administration reported to HHS on 2016-01-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 794 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A workforce member inadvertently sent an email reminder to COBRA participants that displayed all recipients' email addresses, names, and plan participant status.

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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

Jan 21, 2016

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.Confirmed794 affectedView incident

Name: The University of Texas System
norm: the university of texas system
Domain: utsystem.edu
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: The University of UT System Administration
norm: the university of texas system administration
Domain: utsystem.edu
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 794nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Implemented additional technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring
Sanctioned the workforce member responsible for the error
Re-trained workforce members on its policy regarding the emailing of electronic PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Amended its Breach Notification policies and procedures to better clarify the notice requirements specified under the Breach Notification Rule
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring
Re-trained workforce members on its policy regarding the emailing of electronic PHI
Amended its Breach Notification policies and procedures to better clarify the notice requirements specified under the Breach Notification Rule
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: Jan 21, 2016
Raw hash: 13f570bb1816c0f980483a318e56bb2fd2f230db4a7e38bfe8e64838032abb5f

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Reporting entityThe University of Texas System

Victim entityThe University of UT System Administration

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseImplemented additional technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing