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The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts, Inc. (PROMESA)
ArchivedSubmitted 07/16/2020
- State
- NY
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 3,129
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
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.
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.