MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIFinancial accountMediumResolved

BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 21, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

13,112

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC. →4 incidents on file

Baystate Health, Inc. reported to HHS on October 21, 2016, a hacking incident that affected 13,112 individuals. The breach occurred on July 27, 2016, when five employees responded to a phishing email, allowing hackers to access their email accounts. The compromised information, located in the email accounts, potentially included patient names, demographic information, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatments, medical record numbers, and health insurance ID numbers. In response, the company retrained employees, issued phishing reminders, and improved technical safeguards.

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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

Jul 27, 2016

Begins

Oct 21, 2016

Filed

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_5e8eed2a39dc67792016-10-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1c19ec668065c3792016-10-24 · +3dVerified

Name: BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.
norm: baystate health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.
norm: baystate health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,112nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)PHIFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR reviewed HIPAA policies and proceduresObtained assurances of corrective action from OCR

Changes made: Retrained employees on security policies
Issued additional phishing reminders to all employees
Improved technical safeguards
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

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Massachusetts State AGOct 21 · first

HHS OCROct 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts 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: Oct 21, 2016
Raw hash: 74b1d050c693a891791bb04b00919015150725aafcda62d976d0d5b765dd2d9a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.

Victim entityBAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetrained employees on security policies

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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