TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

University Medical Center Physicians

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 16, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

18,500

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for University Medical Center Physicians →2 incidents on file

University Medical Center Physicians reported to HHS on 2018-08-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 18500 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An unauthorized user compromised a workforce member's email account through a phishing campaign, exposing PHI including names, DOB, SSN, addresses, and treatment info. The CE improved safeguards, updated policies, trained staff, and notified HHS, individuals, and media.

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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 16, 2018

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.Confirmed18,500 affectedView incident

Name: University Medical Center Physicians
norm: university medical center physicians
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University Medical Center Physicians
norm: university medical center physicians
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,500nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI
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: Aug 16, 2018
Raw hash: 36fb3ebe975e21f88b1377e62673a43caf421594fcee797e996faa07ae80bc58

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Reporting entityUniversity Medical Center Physicians

Victim entityUniversity Medical Center Physicians

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImproved safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing