MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2014

Filed

Apr 29, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

15,265

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION →8 incidents on file

Boston Medical Center reported to HHS on 2014-04-29 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 15265 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI was not password protected on an FTP site hosted by a business associate's subcontractor.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Mar 4, 2014

Discovered

Apr 29, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,265 affectedView incident

Name: BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
norm: boston medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
norm: boston medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 4, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,265nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions above
Third party: via MDF Transcriptionbusiness associate

During the incident: Contacted the BA and had the settings on the FTP site changed so that only individuals with usernames and passwords would be able to access the CE’s data
Terminated its relationship with the BA
Created and implemented additional policies and procedures requiring the CE to enter into a BA agreement before permitting any BA to create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic PHI (ePHI) on its behalf
Provided timely breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS
Changes made: Implemented additional policies and procedures requiring BAs to follow all of the CE’s applicable Privacy and Security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 4, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 4, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 4, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 4, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://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: Apr 29, 2014
Raw hash: 74d87bb166b485e74195b23b0d715e19d3b95c8ac1718d722c38760ba1b32f23

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Reporting entityBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION

Victim entityBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2014

Stated responseContacted the BA and had the settings on the FTP site changed so that only individuals with usernames and passwords would be able to access the CE’s data

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing