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Breach notice filed by Massachusetts General Hospital (August 2019)

Organization named: Massachusetts General 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 Aug. 22, 2019.

Organization as reported
Massachusetts General Hospital, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Aug. 22, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13253, row:4392)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Massachusetts General Hospital, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 9,900 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, marital status, sex, race/ethnicity, birthdates, clinical information, and treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. During its investigation, OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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

Figures, per source

  • 9,900 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 22, 2019, 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 13253)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Massachusetts General 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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