- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 12,495
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
Contents Trader, Inc. d/b/a Choice Specialty Pharmacy, the covered entity (CE), reported that on April 23, 2023, while updating its website, a third-party company unintentionally left open an access point containing 12,495 patients’ electronic protected health information (ePHI). The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and medications. In its mitigation efforts, the CE disabled the unauthorized access point and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.