MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Ethos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 22, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

14,503

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Ethos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services →

Ethos dba Southwest Boston Senior Services reported to HHS on 2024-03-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 14,503 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved PHI including names, addresses, SSNs, diagnoses, and health insurance information. The BA implemented additional safeguards and retrained staff.

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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

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

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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 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_07acf5d312291f8e2024-03-22Verified
Vermont State AGbd_58e1fd4e600dde8d2024-03-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5b137571f29f17c22024-03-25 · +3dVerified

Name: Ethos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services
norm: ethos also known as southwest boston senior
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ethos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services
norm: ethos also known as southwest boston senior
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14,503nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Ethos dba Southwest Boston Senior Servicesbusiness associate

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in its requirements to protect and secure PHI
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMar 22 · first

Vermont State AGMar 22 · first

HHS OCRMar 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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: Mar 22, 2024
Raw hash: 0546021a0648bc6ad03ea40d85c26f5554aa0fd625ddaf4998d0883a110b0332

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEthos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services

Victim entityEthos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing