Health Data Breach Tracker/Record

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Instituto de Ojos de Puerto Rico

50,000 individuals · submitted May 19, 2025

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Instituto de Ojos de Puerto Rico, reported that an employee misconfigured a website that disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 50,000 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Instituto de Ojos de Puerto Rico
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
50,000
Submission date
May 19, 2025
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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