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 Sept. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12672, row:3811)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UMass Memorial Medical Center, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 87,404 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.