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Urology Austin, PLLC

bd_c639fcc46c783be5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2017

Filed

Mar 22, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Urology Austin, PLLC

On January 22, 2017, Urology Austin suffered a ransomware attack that encrypted data on its servers. The incident potentially exposed patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information. The organization shut down its network, launched an investigation, and offered one year of identity monitoring through Kroll. Remediation steps included improving network security, updating backups, and retraining employees.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jan 22, 2017

Begins

Jan 22, 2017

Discovered

Mar 22, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGMar 20 · first
California State AG+2d · this page

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.