TEXASAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

Denton County, Texas

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

326,417

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Denton County, Texas →

Denton County, Texas (a Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-08-24 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 326,417 individuals. A configuration error in a third-party software application potentially exposed PHI stored on a Network Server, including names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, posted substitute notice on its website, and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

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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

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_938bd95549c0360d2021-08-27 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_48d3efbdf5d7387a2021-01-01 · +235dCandidate

Name: Denton County, Texas
norm: denton county texas
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Denton County, Texas
norm: denton county texas
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 326,417nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach report filed 2021-08-24

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified HHS
Notified media
Provided substitute notice on website
Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Configuration error in third-party software application remediated
Additional administrative and technical safeguards implemented
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+235d · this page

Montana State AG+238d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 27 (MT) — a 238-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Aug 24, 2021
Raw hash: 69842a676b0b11957550a23e314ea03490f9344cf3191e617af5c63e1bfdf452

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDenton County, Texas

Victim entityDenton County, Texas

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing