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Breach notice filed by Brigham and Women's Hospital (January 2016)

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

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 Jan. 11, 2016.

Organization as reported
Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Jan. 11, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14635, row:5774)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unauthorized individual obtained the network credentials of a Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) employee and used the credentials to access the employee’s work email account and potentially the employee’s personal Gmail account, which contained work-related emails. The protected health information (PHI) of 1,009 patients was potentially accessed, including names, birthdates, medical record numbers, providers’ name, dates of service, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. Following discovery of the breach, the covered entity (CE) sanctioned the employee who was using her personal email for work-related purposes and re-trained all employees. Additionally, the CE enhanced its technical safeguards regarding network credentials. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and established a dedicated call center to answer questions. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,009 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 11, 2016, 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 14635)
  • 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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