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Breach notice filed by The Home for the Little Wanderers (February 2021)

Organization named: The Home for the Little Wanderers Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 Feb. 26, 2021.

Organization as reported
The Home for the Little Wanderers, MA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Feb. 26, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12331, row:3470)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), The Home for Little Wanderers, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,396 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, dates of birth, financial information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 5,396 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Feb. 26, 2021, 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 12331)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • The Home for the Little Wanderers 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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