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Breach notice filed by Steward Medical Group (November 2018)

Organization named: Steward Medical Group 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 Nov. 28, 2018.

Organization as reported
Steward Medical Group, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Nov. 28, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13616, row:4755)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A business associate (BA), Business and Professional Exchange, that provided the covered entity (CE) with 24-hour telephone answering services, experienced a ransomware incident affecting their computer network servers. The breach involved the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 16,276 individuals, including demographic and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR reviewed the BA agreement between the BA and CE and it appears to comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules. Following this incident, the parties no longer have a business relationship.

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

Figures, per source

  • 16,276 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 28, 2018, 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 13616)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Steward Medical Group 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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