MASSACHUSETTSMultipleHealthcareHealthcarePhishingRansomwareMulti-Stage ChainData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumResolved

Family Health Center of Worcester

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 4, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

566

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Family Health Center of Worcester →2 incidents on file

Family Health Center of Worcester reported to HHS on 2020-12-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 566 individuals. The CE was the victim of an email phishing and ransomware attack affecting ePHI on a Network Server. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, SSNs, claims, clinical, treatment, medication, and health insurance information. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 4, 2020

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed566 affectedView incident

Name: Family Health Center of Worcester
norm: family health center of worcester
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Family Health Center of Worcester
norm: family health center of worcester
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 566nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided a complimentary telephone number for questions or concerns
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 4, 2020
Raw hash: 3c50abe9b25842c69fe4eb272f915cc585b6d45e2732d366ac85e2e3ac0c831e

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Reporting entityFamily Health Center of Worcester

Victim entityFamily Health Center of Worcester

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided a complimentary telephone number for questions or concerns

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing