INDIANAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Purdue University

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 25, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,711

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Purdue University →

The Trustees of Purdue University, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-05-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,711 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. The cyber-attack exposed PHI including names, DOB, driver's license, health/financial info, diagnoses, and medications. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, provided credit monitoring, and implemented additional 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

May 25, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,711 affectedView incident

Name: Purdue University
norm: purdue university
Domain: purdue.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Purdue University
norm: purdue university
Domain: purdue.edu
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,711nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding risk analysis and risk management provisions of the Security Rule

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Established a dedicated call center for questions or concerns
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to better protect its 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: May 25, 2018
Raw hash: 994e2f000e6e525d51c19a7bcbf0f5e50c6ffd0306b5d623172a7a346f0c422d

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Reporting entityPurdue University

Victim entityPurdue University

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing