Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Brockton Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital

73,022 individuals · submitted January 3, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Brockton Hospital dba Signature Healthcare – Brockton Hospital, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 73,022 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications prescribed, lab results, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Brockton Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
73,022
Submission date
January 3, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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