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Breach notice filed by Brigham and Women's Hospital (November 2014)

Organization named: Brigham and Women's Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

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 Nov. 17, 2014.

Organization as reported
Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Nov. 17, 2014
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14932, row:6071)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An employee of the covered entity (CE), Brigham & Women’s Hospital, had an encrypted laptop and cell phone stolen during an armed robbery and was forced to disclose password and encryption keys during the robbery. The devices contained the protected health information PHI) of 999 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included names, medical records numbers, age, and diagnostic information. In response to OCR’s investigation, the CE initiated a new enterprise wide risk analysis.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 999 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 17, 2014, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14932)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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