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Breach notice filed by San Juan County New Mexico (May 2016)

Organization named: San Juan County New Mexico Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 May 17, 2016.

Organization as reported
San Juan County New Mexico, NM
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Desktop Computer
Submission date
May 17, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14525, row:5664)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unauthorized user obtained remote access to a workstation located at the covered entity (CE), San Juan County New Mexico. The protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, addresses, health assessments, and clinical information of approximately 12,500 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated policies and procedures, and provided affected individuals with free credit monitoring. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 12,500 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 17, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14525)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • San Juan County New Mexico Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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