NORTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighResolved

UNC Health Care System

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 8, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

27,113

Confidence

69%

UNC Health Care System reported to HHS on 2017-12-08 a Theft affecting 27,113 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. PHI included names, addresses, birthdates, phone numbers, employment information, and social security information.

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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

Dec 8, 2017

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.Confirmed27,113 affectedView incident

Name: UNC Health Care System
norm: unc health care system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: UNC Health Care System
norm: unc health care system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27,113nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR investigationOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Provided breach notification to the remaining 23,981 affected individuals
Notified HHS
Posted substitute notice on the CE’s website
Changes made: Implemented new policies and procedures to limit the intake of patient files and computer systems from newly acquired medical practices
Upgraded acquired files and computer systems to comply with the CE’s security policies
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: Dec 8, 2017
Raw hash: 43f5ef0b272676738280597bdd0ee4ccecae7e539ffe70b959ecd62c96075519

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Reporting entityUNC Health Care System

Victim entityUNC Health Care System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to the remaining 23,981 affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing