Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA) (July 2020)

Organization named: The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA) 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 July 16, 2020.

Organization as reported: The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA), NY
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: July 16, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12787, row:3926)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten and Serve Addicts, Inc., reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,129 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, passport numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthen its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

3,129 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 16, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2020-07-16Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12787)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA) Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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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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