MASSACHUSETTSSocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Tufts Health Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

60,545

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Tufts Health Plan →16 incidents on file

Tufts Health Plan (MA, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2020-11-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 60,545 individuals. A business associate employee was the victim of an email phishing attack. PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and treatment and health insurance information. Breached information located in Email. CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and posted substitute notice on its website. OCR provided technical assistance on breach reporting requirements.

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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

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_52d402898400845e2020-11-27 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a560968fa299072b2020-11-27 · +2dVerified

Name: Tufts Health Plan
norm: tufts health plan
Domain: tuftshealthplan.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Tufts Health Plan
norm: tufts health plan
Domain: tuftshealthplan.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 60,545nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR provided technical assistance on breach reporting requirements
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified HHS
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
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 · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRNov 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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: Nov 25, 2020
Raw hash: 9d46e6744d94b25aa11fdbe89b39c789d625164a395e0cbd168e321e7e7c7e89

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTufts Health Plan

Victim entityTufts Health Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing