MASSACHUSETTSMalwareHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 5, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

2,450

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Partners HealthCare System, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-02-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2450 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Network Server. The system was infected with malware. PHI involved included names, treatment information, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The CE updated technical safeguards and retrained its workforce.

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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

Feb 5, 2018

Filed

—

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 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a56ec5fada6545142018-02-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e43e340283e6dea22018-02-05Verified

Name: Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
norm: partners healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
norm: partners healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,450nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Updated and implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its workforce
Changes made: Updated and implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its workforce
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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Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 5 · first

HHS OCRFeb 5 · 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: Feb 5, 2018
Raw hash: 2dd4aac8ae1959515b3a59a2e7f9cbf150b7bde32938d8ab2156161118a650a6

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPartners HealthCare System, Inc.

Victim entityPartners HealthCare System, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseUpdated and implemented additional technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing