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TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Cook Children's Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

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Affected

2,827

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Cook Children's Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Cook Children's Medical Center (TX) reported to HHS on 2020-08-17 a Loss affecting 2,827 individuals. The CE lost a box of discs containing ePHI, including names, dates of birth, and clinical/treatment information, stored on an Other Portable Electronic Device. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Mitigation included implementing additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retraining all staff. No business associate was involved.

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

Aug 17, 2020

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.Confirmed2,827 affectedView incident

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.