HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 16, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Intramural Practice Plan - Medical Sciences Campus - University of Puerto Rico
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 16, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13219, row:4358)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Intramural Practice Plan - Medical Sciences Campus - University of Puerto Rico, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving ransomware. This breach affected 439,753 individuals and the electronic protected health information (ePHI) involved included names, birthdates, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, claims information, clinical information, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.