TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 29, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

3,317

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute →

Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute reported to HHS on 2024-03-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3317 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved ransomware encrypting PHI, including names, DOB, SSN, driver's license, and treatment data. The entity offered credit monitoring and implemented security safeguards.

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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

Mar 29, 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.Confirmed3,317 affectedView incident

Name: Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute
norm: mesquite rehabilitation institute
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute
norm: mesquite rehabilitation institute
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,317nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Offered free credit monitoring to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
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: Mar 29, 2024
Raw hash: 47b3aeb42c21a2c2c884054cdcd27b261cdb75909cd6f84ad9cc9278ccb4a16e

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Reporting entityMesquite Rehabilitation Institute

Victim entityMesquite Rehabilitation Institute

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseOffered free credit monitoring to affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing