MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Cambridge Health Alliance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2017

Filed

Mar 28, 2018

To disclose

15 months

Affected

2,280

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

90%

Full breach record for Cambridge Health Alliance →10 incidents on file

Cambridge Health Alliance (MA) reported to HHS on 2018-03-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,280 individuals. In 2017, the Everett Police found a computer hard drive containing PHI of 2,280 patients. The CE's security team found no identifiable egress path. PHI included patient billing and clinical information from 2013 related to emergency department visits. OCR obtained assurances the CE is reviewing its HIPAA Privacy and Security training. Breached information located on Other media.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Jan 1, 2017 → Notified Mar 28, 2018451d ✗ HHS report late15 months discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1461 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 451 days

Jan 1, 2013

Begins

Jan 1, 2017

Discovered

Mar 28, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+52 wks slower

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_c94afb55e7dfd9bb2018-03-28Verified

Name: Cambridge Health Alliance
norm: cambridge health alliance
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cambridge Health Alliance
norm: cambridge health alliance
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 1, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2013
Undetected for: 1,461 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2018
Affected individuals: 2,280nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances regarding HIPAA Privacy and Security training review

During the incident: Breach notifications provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media
CE information security team reviewed systems for potential avenues of data exfiltration
OCR obtained assurances that HIPAA Privacy and Security training is being reviewed
Changes made: Reviewing HIPAA Privacy and Security training to ensure adequate coverage of potential risk areas
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(451 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 451dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 1, 2017
→ Notified: Mar 28, 2018
451d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 1, 2017
→ Notified: Mar 28, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 1, 2017 → Notified: Mar 28, 2018	451d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 1, 2017 → Notified: Mar 28, 2018	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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Massachusetts State AGMar 28 · first

HHS OCRMar 28 · first · this page

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: Mar 28, 2018
Raw hash: 7d516ac257e423ff3eda94d4e9ece8e8dd41a392dbd478212a4465c01aed0377

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCambridge Health Alliance

Victim entityCambridge Health Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2017

Stated responseBreach notifications provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing