HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 30, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Berkshire Health Systems, Inc., MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- July 30, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9211, row:350)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Berkshire Health Systems, Inc., reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,421 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned workforce members involved and retrained its staff on the requirement to protect and secure PHI.