TEXASPhysicalHealthcareEducationHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Full breach record for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center →The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported to HHS OCR on 2014-01-31 the loss of an unencrypted thumb drive (Other Portable Electronic Device) containing ePHI of 3,598 individuals. Exposed data included names, birthdates, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and treatment information. OCR pursued formal enforcement for failure to encrypt and impermissible ePHI disclosure. An ALJ and DAB upheld a civil money penalty, but the U.S. 5th Circuit vacated it; the DAB ultimately dismissed the case. No business associate was involved.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,598 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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 31, 2014
- Raw hash
- 6f110278ce0a2772b32e801df5c54bcdb7a3c0bb8a9c88a4a3464f078ed8d707
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centernorm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
- Domain
- mdanderson.org
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centernorm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
- Domain
- mdanderson.org
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource defaultEducationllm
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 3,598
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- Threat actor
- Internal
- Regulator citations
- HHS OCR investigation openedOCR sought resolution for HIPAA violations — failure to implement encryption and impermissible ePHI disclosureInformal resolution unsuccessful; OCR proceeded with formal enforcementAdministrative Law Judge and Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) ruled in OCR's favor; civil money penalty (CMP) imposedU.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated CMP and remanded to DABDAB dismissed the case
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.