HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pennyroyal Healthcare Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 3, 2026

Filed

Jul 25, 2026

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pennyroyal Healthcare Services →2 incidents on file

Pennyroyal Healthcare Services (d/b/a Community Medical Clinic) notified Massachusetts residents of a data security incident. Unauthorized access occurred on or around January 2, 2026, detected on January 3, 2026. The breach involved personal information (names) of individuals served by the clinic. Notices were mailed on July 22, 2026, offering 24 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance via Cyberscout/TransUnion.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d29 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 203 days

Jan 2, 2026

Begins

Jan 3, 2026

Discovered

Jul 25, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: Pennyroyal Healthcare Services
norm: pennyroyal healthcare

Name: Pennyroyal Healthcare Services
norm: pennyroyal healthcare
Also named: Pennyroyal Healthcare Servicesdba oflegal entity
Community Medical Clinicdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2026
Breach occurred: Jan 2, 2026
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 22, 2026
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation and engaged cybersecurity experts
Undertook a comprehensive review of the relevant files with the assistance of a third-party vendor
Worked to secure the information needed to effectuate notice
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assist ance
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(203 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1224-pennyroyal-healthcare-services/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2026
Raw hash: 14f2a4b00049fd36190bf8eb42c4e1d7da0c6c2f5e35f826ca4954adcc822939

Reporting entityPennyroyal Healthcare Services

Victim entityPennyroyal Healthcare Services

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2026

Stated responseInitiated an investigation and engaged cybersecurity experts

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov