Texas Tech Health Sciences Center reports hacking incident affecting 650,000 records
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a healthcare provider in Texas, filed a breach report with HHS OCR on November 25, 2024. The filing describes a hacking/IT incident that compromised data stored on a network server. The breach potentially affected 650,000 individuals. This submission date marks when the report was sent to regulators, not necessarily when the incident occurred or was discovered. Healthcare administrators should monitor such large-scale incidents to understand evolving threat vectors, though no specific remediation steps are detailed in this filing.
Sources differ:
- The HHS filing cited here lists 650,000 individuals. Press reports, including SecurityWeek, say a separate El Paso filing lists about 815,000, for a combined total of about 1.4 million.
Primary source: HHS OCR Breach Portal — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TX) · reported 11/25/2024 · 650,000 individuals · Checked against the record 2026-10-24