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TEXASSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Roy Varughese, M.D.

bd_b99df5fb6ff76ff6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 1, 2021

To disclose

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Affected

2,916

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Roy Varughese, M.D. →

Roy Varughese, M.D. (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-12-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,916 individuals. An employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised patient PHI stored in email. The CE subsequently provided documentation that it was no longer a business entity, and OCR determined it lacked jurisdiction to investigate further. Business associate: not present.

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

Dec 1, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,916 affectedView incident

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.