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 April 8, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 8, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13468, row:4607)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,434 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff members were retrained to properly identify fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.