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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2024

Filed

Jan 24, 2025

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

889state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso →3 incidents on file

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso reported a ransomware incident affecting Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 17-29, 2024. Data included names, SSNs, medical record numbers, and diagnosis info. 889 Washington residents notified on Jan 24, 2025. Investigation ongoing.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 117 days

Sep 17, 2024

Begins

Sep 29, 2024

Discovered

Jan 24, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_0040ffb3f0c6210f2025-01-24Verified
California State AGbd_76c123038b6dad6f2025-01-24Verified
Oregon State AGbd_799286e0b88dfe1a2025-01-24Verified
Indiana State AGbd_aef8eb90b7582a7e2025-01-24Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 366d gap

Montana State AGbd_e288accf42169c282025-01-24Verified
Illinois State AGbd_3bbe9090b3dbfd5a2025-01-01 · +23dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_3106e65b82a37d052025-11-13 · +293dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_4c1a9d4564dca0532024-01-24 · +366dCandidate

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
norm: texas tech university health sciences center el paso

Name: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
norm: texas tech university health sciences center el paso
Industry: HealthcarellmEducationllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 17, 2024 – Sep 29, 2024
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 889state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement and applicable regulators

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party specialists
Notified federal law enforcement and applicable regulators
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through IDX
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to enhance system protection and monitoring
Reviewing relevant policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(117 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Nebraska State AGJan 24 · first

Illinois State AG+343d

Vermont State AG+366d

California State AG+366d

Oregon State AG+366d

Indiana State AG+366d

Montana State AG+366d

Washington State AG+366d · this page

Maryland State AG+659d

Pattern: first filing Jan 24 (NE), last Nov 13 (MD) — a 659-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA32016.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2025
Raw hash: cb37b7070b5deb50730c7ef7b1b00b8fc614a1e8d5c9e46773bb27cff362a3b8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Victim entityTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2024

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party specialists

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com