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Instituto de Ojos de Puerto Rico
ArchivedSubmitted 05/19/2025
Updated 14 hours ago ()
- State
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 50,000
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Instituto de Ojos de Puerto Rico, reported that an employee misconfigured a website that disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 50,000 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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