MASSACHUSETTSSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Lynn Community Health Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 22, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,800

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

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

Lynn Community Health, Incorporated (MA) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-01-22 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing attack) affecting 1,800 individuals. Multiple employees were victims of a phishing attack compromising ePHI including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. Breached information was located in Email systems. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Response included staff retraining on email security and strengthening of 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

Jan 22, 2021

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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e157e9757a6fcfb22021-01-29 · +7dVerified

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: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,800nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedMedia notifiedSubstitute notice provided
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retrained staff on email security
Strengthened technical safeguards
Changes made: Staff retraining on email security
Enhanced technical safeguards
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 OCRJan 22 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 22 (MA), last Jan 29 (MA) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Jan 22, 2021
Raw hash: cdc08fa1907bc62fc40b5c2ae9a740b9fbe0d37432de510a6a43b3f1c179361c

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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 responseRetrained staff on email security

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing