MASSACHUSETTSPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The McLean Hospital Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 28, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

12,673

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for The McLean Hospital Corporation →

The McLean Hospital Corporation (MA) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-07-28 a Loss affecting 12,673 individuals. A terminated employee of the Brain Bank (Department of Neuroscience) failed to return four backup tapes in her possession. Breached ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, dates of death, intake diagnoses, family medical histories, and social security numbers. OCR obtained written assurances on tape encryption and backup procedure revisions. A consent judgment was also entered with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

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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

Jul 28, 2015

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_886c15ed32d68b162015-07-31 · +3dVerified

Name: The McLean Hospital Corporation
norm: the mclean hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The McLean Hospital Corporation
norm: the mclean hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,673nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation — written assurances obtained regarding encryption of all Brain Bank backup tapes and revision of ePHI backup proceduresConsent judgment with required corrective action entered with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Retrained staff on privacy and security
Encrypted all backup tapes used by the Brain Bank
Revised and enhanced ePHI backup procedures
Changes made: Full encryption of Brain Bank backup tapes
Revised ePHI backup procedures
Staff retraining on privacy and security
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 OCRJul 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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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: Jul 28, 2015
Raw hash: b3049b92ec50318073c4ec9244951456e30b69f3892944d7ee9b976a67d94109

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe McLean Hospital Corporation

Victim entityThe McLean Hospital Corporation

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetrained staff on privacy and security

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing