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HHS OCRState AGConfirmed2 filings · 1 stateLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedmoderate sensitivity
Merged incident · 2 filings

THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — February 2020 breach

Clustered 2 filings across 1 jurisdiction · filing window Sep 11, 2020 → Sep 16, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 1 cross-filing discrepancy →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

2 filings

States

1

Affected · reported

85,897

First → last filing

Sep 11, 2020 → Sep 16, 2020

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_09030225f0784d81 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 2 regulatory filings. The filings describe malware. Intrusion Feb 1, 2020–May 1, 2020, discovered Jul 16, 2020 — the first regulatory filing landed 57 days later. 85,897 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: PHI, Health (basic), Identity (basic), and 1 more. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay
57days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Filing span
5days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.

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The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation data breach (2020) — HHS and South Carolina filings, September 2020 · DisclosureLens