HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 22, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Lynn Community Health, Incorporated, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Jan. 22, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12385, row:3524)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lynn Community Health, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,800 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its staff on email security and strengthened its technical safeguards.