TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)LowContained

Dallas County, Texas

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 14, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

501

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Dallas County, Texas →2 incidents on file

Dallas County reported to HHS on 2023-04-14 a Improper Disposal affecting 501 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. The entity sold computers at an auction containing PHI, notified HHS and individuals, and provided credit monitoring.

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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

Apr 14, 2023

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.Confirmed501 affectedView incident

Name: Dallas County, Texas
norm: dallas county texas
Domain: dallascounty.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Dallas County, Texas
norm: dallas county texas
Domain: dallascounty.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 501nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security 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: Apr 14, 2023
Raw hash: c888d9225c2aa69ce8527b3ad064238bc5bc4ae166b73413d2306884a7a875e8

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Reporting entityDallas County, Texas

Victim entityDallas County, Texas

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing