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 Dec. 13, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 13, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9558, row:697)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 97,488 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE adopted encryption technologies, retrained workforce members, and implemented additional physical and technical safeguards.