Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Massachusetts General Hospital

9,900 individuals · submitted August 22, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Massachusetts General Hospital, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, marital status, sex, race/ethnicity, birthdates, clinical information, and treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. During its investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Massachusetts General Hospital
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
9,900
Submission date
August 22, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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