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. 12, 2012.
- Organization as reported
- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 12, 2012
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15571, row:6710)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Anomalous activity occurred on a single computer server utilized to support clinical trial programs at the covered entity (CE), the University of New Mexico Cancer Center. The University of new Mexico is a component of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. The electronic protected health information (ePHI) included the names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, patient identification numbers, and/or social security numbers of approximately 2,365 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE followed its investigative procedures. The CE provided breach notifications to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE improved physical security and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.