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 June 18, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- North Shore Pain Management, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 18, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12822, row:3961)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), North Shore Pain Management, reported that it was the victim of a hacking attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,472 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and clinical and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE hired a new IT vendor and implemented additional technical safeguards.