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NORTH CAROLINASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

UNC Hospitals

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 19, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

6,377

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for UNC Hospitals →5 incidents on file

UNC Hospitals (NC) reported to HHS on 2025-09-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 6,377 individuals. An employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised PHI including demographic, financial, and clinical information. Breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice. Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards were implemented. OCR provided technical assistance.

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

Sep 19, 2025

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,377 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.