OKLAHOMAHackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Oklahoma State University

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Severity

Critical

Financial impact

$875K

Discovered

Nov 7, 2017

Filed

Jan 5, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

279,865

Linked

2 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Oklahoma State University →2 incidents on file

Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences reported to HHS on 2018-01-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 279,865 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An unauthorized third party gained access to a web server containing ePHI, installed malware, and disclosed names, Medicaid numbers, DOBs, addresses, and treatment info. The entity paid $875,000 and agreed to a corrective action plan with two years of monitoring.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Nov 7, 2017 → Notified Jan 5, 201859d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 608 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Mar 9, 2016

Begins

Nov 7, 2017

Discovered

Jan 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_119a1375019d782e2022-07-14 · +1651dVerified by operator

Name: Oklahoma State University
norm: oklahoma state university
Domain: okstate.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Oklahoma State University
norm: oklahoma state university
Domain: okstate.edu
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 7, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2016 – Nov 7, 2017
Undetected for: 608 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 279,865nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Paid $875,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Agreed to implement a corrective action plan
Undertook a robust corrective action plan that includes two years of monitoring
Changes made: Implement a corrective action plan
Two years of monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 59dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 7, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 5, 2018
59d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 7, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 5, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 7, 2017 → Notified: Jan 5, 2018	59d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 7, 2017 → Notified: Jan 5, 2018	—	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 5, 2018
Raw hash: 76123152557a5b4c91fa61393e37efd2dd396a6990a058a83d28ecbf7ca426ba

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityOklahoma State University

Victim entityOklahoma State University

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2017

Stated responsePaid $875,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing