TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowActive

Denton County Health Department

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 15, 2015

Filed

Apr 9, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

874

Confidence

67%

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Denton County Health Department reported to HHS on 2015-04-09 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 874 individuals. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. An employee used an unencrypted portable computer to save and print a personal document, exposing PHI of tuberculosis clinic patients.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Feb 15, 2015 → Notified Apr 9, 201553d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Feb 15, 2015

Begins

Feb 15, 2015

Discovered

Apr 9, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed874 affectedView incident

Name: Denton County Health Department
norm: denton county health department
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Denton County Health Department
norm: denton county health department
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 15, 2015
Breach occurred: Feb 15, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 9, 2015
Affected individuals: 874nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCROCR opened a compliance review
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Opened a compliance review regarding the CE's potential non-compliance with multiple HIPAA standards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 53dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 15, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 9, 2015
53d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 15, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 9, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2015 → Notified: Apr 9, 2015	53d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2015 → Notified: Apr 9, 2015	—	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 9, 2015
Raw hash: be70c719be412ec400e8c203c2a620b0825c40b9704b1f93d2d7dd887d869d8c

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Reporting entityDenton County Health Department

Victim entityDenton County Health Department

Incidentdiscovered Feb 15, 2015

Stated responseOpened a compliance review regarding the CE's potential non-compliance with multiple HIPAA standards

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing