NORTH CAROLINAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

University of North Carolina Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

946

Confidence

69%

University of North Carolina Health reported to HHS on 2021-11-05 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 946 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. Business associate employees impermissibly accessed PHI including names, addresses, and treatment information.

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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

Nov 5, 2021

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.Confirmed946 affectedView incident

Name: University of North Carolina Health
norm: university of north carolina health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of North Carolina Health
norm: university of north carolina health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 946nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
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: Changed its computer system security settings to better protect its PHI
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Provided training to its employees
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Changed its computer system security settings to better protect its PHI
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Provided training to its employees
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: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: 1e5451b2a266c9dae3186f72f0f8569f5ac73d6ccb0d9871dad7a5b1587aed23

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Reporting entityUniversity of North Carolina Health

Victim entityUniversity of North Carolina Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseChanged its computer system security settings to better protect its PHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing