TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Metropolitan Area EMS Authority

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 19, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

612,000

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Metropolitan Area EMS Authority →

Metropolitan Area EMS Authority dba MedStar Mobile Healthcare reported to HHS on 2022-12-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 612,000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved ransomware encrypting PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and treatment info. The entity implemented additional administrative, technical, and security 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

Dec 19, 2022

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.Confirmed612,000 affectedView incident

Name: Metropolitan Area EMS Authority
norm: metropolitan area ems authority
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Metropolitan Area EMS Authority
norm: metropolitan area ems authority
Also named: Metropolitan Area EMS Authoritydba oflegal entity
MedStar Mobile Healthcaredba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 612,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
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: Dec 19, 2022
Raw hash: 8f7fcbe53f1e3099626e1e7d2422f43de0f4827f8cd1ea2abbe49f410a1087da

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Reporting entityMetropolitan Area EMS Authority

Victim entityMetropolitan Area EMS Authority

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing