TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Scurry County Hospital District

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 24, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

86,981

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Scurry County Hospital District →

Scurry County Hospital District dba Cogdell Memorial Hospital reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 86,981 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical records numbers, and medical treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

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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 24, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ecabea9a3a377afa2024-02-24Verified

Name: Scurry County Hospital District
norm: scurry county hospital district
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Scurry County Hospital District
norm: scurry county hospital district
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Scurry County Hospital Districtdba oflegal entity
Cogdell Memorial Hospitaldba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 86,981nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional technical and security safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 24 · first

HHS OCRFeb 24 · first · 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.

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 24, 2024
Raw hash: e414554461ed9e0b059491ace79123f954be316d7179d04cd85f2c5700eed04a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityScurry County Hospital District

Victim entityScurry County Hospital District

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing