People’s Community Clinic: People’s Community Clinic Data Breach Investigation

People’s Community Clinic: People’s Community Clinic Data Breach Investigation

**People’s Community Clinic Reports Data Breach Affecting Sensitive Patient Information**

People’s Community Clinic (PCC), a Texas-based healthcare provider offering services such as behavioral health, dental care, pediatric services, and prenatal programs, has reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The incident, disclosed as of December 29, 2025, involved unauthorized access to sensitive personal and protected health information (PHI) of an undisclosed number of individuals.

While specific details of the breach remain undisclosed, the exposed data may include varying types of personal information, depending on the affected individual. PCC, founded in 1970 and employing over 200 staff across multiple Texas locations, has not yet begun notifying impacted individuals.

The breach was filed with the Texas Attorney General’s office, though no further public statements or official breach notices have been issued by the clinic. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Source: https://straussborrelli.com/2025/12/29/peoples-community-clinic-data-breach-investigation/

People's Community Clinic cybersecurity rating report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/people's-community-clinic

"id": "PEO1767023893",
"linkid": "people's-community-clinic",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2025",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Undetermined number of '
                                              'individuals',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Austin, Texas, USA',
                        'name': 'People’s Community Clinic',
                        'size': 'Over 200 employees',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Clinic'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'If you believe you have been affected by the People’s '
                        'Community Clinic breach, visit: '
                        'https://oag.my.site.com/datasecuritybreachreport/apex/DataSecurityReportsPage',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally identifiable '
                                              'information',
                                              'Protected health information']},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-12-29',
 'description': 'People’s Community Clinic reported to the Attorney General of '
                'Texas that it had experienced a data breach in which the '
                'sensitive personal identifiable information in its systems '
                'may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. The '
                'breach involved sensitive personal information and protected '
                'health information belonging to an undetermined number of '
                'individuals. The type of information potentially exposed '
                'includes personally identifiable information and protected '
                'health information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Sensitive personal identifiable information '
                                'and protected health information',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'investigation_status': 'Under investigation by Strauss Borrelli PLLC',
 'recommendations': ['Carefully review the breach notice and retain a copy',
                     'Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud '
                     'or unauthorized activity',
                     'Change passwords and security questions for online '
                     'accounts',
                     'Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft',
                     'Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud '
                     'alert',
                     'Enroll in any free credit monitoring services provided '
                     'by the company'],
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-12-29',
                 'source': 'Attorney General of Texas Breach Report',
                 'url': 'https://oag.my.site.com/datasecuritybreachreport/apex/DataSecurityReportsPage'}],
 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'Reported to the '
                                                       'Attorney General of '
                                                       'Texas'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notices not yet provided to impacted '
                                        'individuals as of December 29, 2025'},
 'title': 'People’s Community Clinic Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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