TEXASSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Hill Country Memorial Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 21, 2017

Filed

Apr 21, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

8,449

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Hill Country Memorial Hospital →

Hill Country Memorial Hospital (TX) reported to HHS on 2017-04-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8,449 individuals. On February 21, 2017, a workforce member responded to a phishing email and provided credentials, enabling an unknown external actor to access her email account and send fraudulent invoices. Breached PHI on Email servers may have included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and implemented security awareness training and email controls. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Feb 21, 2017

Begins

Feb 21, 2017

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_cd8120be71e54a072017-04-25 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fc45e4cb92fd18b52017-04-25 · +4dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e6d926b9f934a3f52017-05-02 · +11dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_4930c327047117672017-05-22 · +31dVerified

Name: Hill Country Memorial Hospital
norm: hill country memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Hill Country Memorial Hospital
norm: hill country memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 21, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 21, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,449nationwide
Data types: Health (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 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR – breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Trained workforce on security awareness covering phishing emails, ransomware, strong passwords, and cyber threats
Deployed email banner warning internal users about external emails containing links
Established internal phishing inbox for users to submit potential threats
Changes made: Security awareness training for all workforce members
Email banner warnings for external emails with links
Internal phishing threat-reporting inbox
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 timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 21, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 21, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 21, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 21, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRApr 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

South Carolina State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (TX), last May 22 (SC) — a 31-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: Apr 21, 2017
Raw hash: da47f8176124dd956a198e31ca3c00986b33e7bca396db6967834681cc65724f

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHill Country Memorial Hospital

Victim entityHill Country Memorial Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2017

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing