MASSACHUSETTSSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Lynn Community Health Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 13, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

4,271

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Lynn Community Health Center →3 incidents on file

Lynn Community Health Center reported to HHS on 2020-09-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4271 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was victim of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI including names, DOB, addresses, SSNs, claims, and clinical info. CE provided credit monitoring, retrained staff, and implemented technical safeguards.

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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

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bd9a5a9157beb5632020-09-17 · +4dVerified

Name: Lynn Community Health Center
norm: lynn community health center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lynn Community Health Center
norm: lynn community health center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,271nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Established a toll-free phone number for questions or concerns
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 13 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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: Sep 13, 2020
Raw hash: ca91d3894e8fbc25ff882cf00b6cde42414b0b3f0fa626cefb95cc8848d908e7

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLynn Community Health Center

Victim entityLynn Community Health Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing