Texas Tech El Paso reports hacking incident affecting 815,000 records
A healthcare provider, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, filed a breach report with HHS OCR on November 25, 2024. The filing details a hacking/IT incident involving data stored on a network server. The breach potentially affected 815,000 individuals. As a covered entity, the university health sciences center is required to report such incidents. This filing date reflects when the report was submitted to the regulator, not necessarily when the breach occurred or was discovered. Healthcare administrators should note the scale of this incident as a benchmark for risk assessment in their own operations.
Sources differ:
- The HHS OCR breach portal lists 815,000 individuals for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso; a breach notice filed with the California Attorney General, as reported by teiss, lists 813,892 patients for the Texas Tech health sciences center.
Primary source: HHS OCR Breach Portal — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TX) · reported 11/25/2024 · 815,000 individuals · Checked against the record 2026-10-12