MisuseHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Veterans Home at Chelsea

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 29, 2026

Filed

Sep 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

124state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Veterans Home at Chelsea →2 incidents on file

Veterans Home at Chelsea disclosed an incident on August 29, 2026, where protected health information (PHI) of residents was inadvertently disclosed to unauthorized staff during the Annual Veterans Home Cookout. Affected data included names, dates of birth, and diagnoses/dietary requirements. The organization re-educated staff and notified state and federal agencies.

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Incident timeline

Aug 29, 2026

Begins

Aug 29, 2026

Discovered

Sep 1, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed124 affectedView incident

Name: Veterans Home at Chelsea
norm: veterans home at chelsea

Name: Veterans Home at Chelsea
norm: veterans home at chelsea
Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Aug 29, 2026
Breach occurred: Aug 29, 2026
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 24, 2026
Affected individuals: 124state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified necessary state and federal agencies
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Re-educating staff
Notifying necessary state and federal agencies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1619-eovs-veterans-home-at-chelsea/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2026
Raw hash: f05b36556f1be4d97cf2d3adbbdd3fe5985cc366269342902ae39ac19905d403

Reporting entityVeterans Home at Chelsea

Victim entityVeterans Home at Chelsea

Incidentdiscovered Aug 29, 2026

Stated responseRe-educating staff

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov