TEXASPhysicalHealthcareEducationHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 31, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

3,598

Linked

2 records

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center →5 incidents on file

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.

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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 31, 2014

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

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Name: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
norm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
Domain: mdanderson.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
norm: the university of texas md anderson cancer center
Domain: mdanderson.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultEducationllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,598nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
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

During the incident: OCR investigation completed
Formal HIPAA enforcement action initiated
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 31, 2014
Raw hash: 6f110278ce0a2772b32e801df5c54bcdb7a3c0bb8a9c88a4a3464f078ed8d707

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Victim entityThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseOCR investigation completed

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing