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Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 16, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

959

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Massachusetts Department of Mental Health →

Massachusetts Department of Mental Health reported to HHS on 2024-12-16 the loss of a digital camera (other portable electronic device) containing the PHI of 959 individuals. Exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided substitute notice. In response, the CE retrained its workforce on PHI protection practices. No business associate was involved.

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 16, 2024

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.Confirmed959 affectedView incident

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.