MASSACHUSETTSPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
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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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed959 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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 16, 2024
- Raw hash
- 7cfc99127a155a1a160ad5176e541a3362c64ad158fe38c6e66a819d0f851937
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Massachusetts Department of Mental Healthnorm: massachusetts department of mental health
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Massachusetts Department of Mental Healthnorm: massachusetts department of mental health
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 959
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- Threat actor
- Internal
- Regulator citations
- HHS OCR breach notification submitted 2024-12-16
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.