The NAS Recovery Solutions 2026 data breach was an insider-access incident discovered when the Colorado substance-use-disorder treatment and behavioral-health provider learned on May 13, 2026 that some workforce members may have downloaded client information without authorization. The organization began an investigation and secured relevant records and systems after discovery.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights lists the breach as an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure event affecting 7,000 people. LeakData imported no client or person rows, and importedRecordCount is zero. This entry presents only verified event metadata from the public official notice and a reliable independent report.
How Was the NAS Recovery Solutions Breach Confirmed?
The primary source is the Important Notice of Privacy Incident published through NAS Recovery Solutions' own Squarespace property. The one-page official document directly states the discovery date, workforce-member download, affected fields, categories expressly found not to be involved, and the organization's remedial actions.
The second confirmation is HHS OCR's breach report, which identifies the entity as a healthcare provider, classifies the incident as unauthorized access/disclosure, lists electronic medical record and network server locations, and reports 7,000 affected individuals. HIPAA Journal's July 23, 2026 report independently repeats the official incident type, count, and limited scope.
What Was Discovered on May 13, 2026?
NAS Recovery Solutions learned that certain workforce members may have downloaded specific client information without authorization. The organization described an internal permission violation, not an external actor hacking its network. It secured relevant records and systems after discovery and conducted a comprehensive investigation into the event.
The official notice does not disclose when the files were downloaded, how long the workers retained access, or why they obtained the information. The breachDate field therefore uses May 13, 2026, the verified discovery date, and does not invent an access start or duration. The sources also do not say the information was published online, sold, or transferred to an outside attacker.
What Information May Have Been Affected?
The official notice limits the possible fields to a first name, last name, telephone number, and date of birth. Although these fields do not directly unlock a financial account, they can make phishing, telephone fraud, impersonation, and targeted social-engineering attempts more convincing when combined with information from other sources.
Because the data was held by a substance-use-disorder treatment provider, it may indirectly identify a person as a current or former NAS Recovery Solutions client. That relationship is highly sensitive. The official notice does not say that a specific diagnosis, treatment plan, therapy note, prescription, laboratory result, or clinical-record content was downloaded.
Which Sensitive Data Was Reported as Unaffected?
The investigation did not identify unauthorized access to Social Security numbers, driver's-license numbers, financial-account information, health-insurance identification numbers, or payment-card information. The organization also expressly said it found no unauthorized access to the substance-use-disorder treatment records themselves.
Those negative findings do not erase the privacy and stigma risk created by possible disclosure of client status. Still, LeakData does not add high-risk fields absent from the source or assume that all four basic fields were present for every one of the 7,000 people. No field-level affected-person totals have been publicly disclosed.
What Did the Organization Do Afterward?
NAS Recovery Solutions reviewed workforce access and security controls, implemented additional privacy and security safeguards, and provided more HIPAA and confidentiality training. It also said appropriate corrective action was taken regarding the people involved, although the nature of any employment sanction was not publicly disclosed.
Affected individuals and regulators were notified as required by law. The 7,000-person HHS entry is the authoritative public total. The June 15, 2026 posting date printed on the official notice and HHS's June 22 submission date describe separate disclosure steps; this entry does not misuse either date as an intrusion or access start.
What Should Affected People Do?
People should be cautious with unexpected calls, texts, or emails claiming to represent NAS Recovery Solutions and should not treat knowledge of a name, phone number, and date of birth as proof of authority. A response should be initiated through the organization's official website or a previously verified contact channel, and unsolicited links should be avoided.
People with questions can contact the privacy officer through the 720-239-2848 number in the official notice. Evidence of suspicious communication exploiting a healthcare relationship should be preserved and reported to the organization. LeakData does not host, distribute, or make searchable downloaded files, client lists, phone numbers, or health information.
