PENNSYLVANIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 5, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

18,900

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan →

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan reported to HHS on 2021-02-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 18900 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was victim of phishing attack exposing ePHI including names, DOBs, and clinical info.

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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

Feb 5, 2021

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.Confirmed18,900 affectedView incident

Name: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan
norm: university of pittsburgh medical center health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan
norm: university of pittsburgh medical center health plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,900nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Strengthened technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained workforce members on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Strengthened technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained workforce members on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
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: Feb 5, 2021
Raw hash: d9939da9ead2c1f574f5304340e8466bfb5c73755eb637e9a59c5375ea39d16d

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Reporting entityUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan

Victim entityUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseStrengthened technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing