NEW YORKSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Weill Cornell Medicine

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 12, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

25,697

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Weill Cornell Medicine →3 incidents on file

Weill Cornell Medicine reported to HHS on 2021-11-12 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 25,697 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing scheme exposing PHI including names, DOB, SSN, and medical data. CE implemented safeguards and retrained workforce.

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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 12, 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.Confirmed25,697 affectedView incident

Name: Weill Cornell Medicine
norm: weill cornell medicine
Domain: weillcornell.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Weill Cornell Medicine
norm: weill cornell medicine
Domain: weillcornell.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 25,697nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce on identifying fraudulent email communications
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 12, 2021
Raw hash: 56974173b3c009ce5f3503b3e9709af45caa66ce6263d78ca1adb679ae1ae939

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Reporting entityWeill Cornell Medicine

Victim entityWeill Cornell Medicine

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing