MASSACHUSETTSPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareBypassed ControlsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

The Home for Little Wanderers

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 3, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

861

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for The Home for Little Wanderers →8 incidents on file

On May 4, 2018, an unknown individual used the key card of a former employee to gain unauthorized physical access to the records room at Home for Little Wanderers (MA), a healthcare provider. The breach potentially exposed demographic and clinical PHI for 861 individuals. The CE deactivated the key card, migrated records to a secure storage vendor, updated its employee termination policy, and implemented improved access controls. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action. Reported to HHS on 2018-07-03. Breached information located on Paper/Films.

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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

May 4, 2018

Begins

Jul 3, 2018

Filed

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_8f2bb0019eb944fb2018-07-03Verified

Name: The Home for Little Wanderers
norm: the home for little wanderers
Domain: thehome.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Home for Little Wanderers
norm: the home for little wanderers
Domain: thehome.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: May 4, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 861nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action assurances obtained
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Deactivated the former employee's key card
Closed and processed records for transfer to secure record storage vendor
Updated employee termination policy
Assessed potential improvements to internal security and employee access controls
Changes made: Key card deactivation
Secure off-site record storage migration
Termination policy update
Physical access control review
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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Massachusetts State AGJul 3 · first

HHS OCRJul 3 · 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: Jul 3, 2018
Raw hash: 24271ee6764171b96ed3d227a4763b631566e1a4f80781fa41ba97d60ef44612

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Home for Little Wanderers

Victim entityThe Home for Little Wanderers

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseDeactivated the former employee's key card

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing