TEXASMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 24, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

778

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for UT Southwestern Medical Center →7 incidents on file

UT Southwestern Medical Center reported to HHS on 2024-09-24 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 778 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. An unauthorized workforce member impersonated another employee to access PHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and treatment data. The entity sanctioned the employee and revised hiring processes.

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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

Sep 24, 2024

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.Confirmed778 affectedView incident

Name: UT Southwestern Medical Center
norm: ut southwestern medical center
Domain: utsouthwestern.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: UT Southwestern Medical Center
norm: ut southwestern medical center
Domain: utsouthwestern.edu
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 778nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the workforce member involved
Revised its hiring process
Notified HHS
Notified the affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Revised its hiring process
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: Sep 24, 2024
Raw hash: 96bcbc9458677ecc15395947e70e92e68066f3b8b9a64e18fbffef6561f6c7a6

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Reporting entityUT Southwestern Medical Center

Victim entityUT Southwestern Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the workforce member involved

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing