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 Oct. 8, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Wellfleet Group, LLC, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 8, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9666, row:805)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Wellfleet Group, reported that a student made the protected health information (PHI) of 23,082 individuals viewable via the Internet. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses/conditions, and other demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.