MASSACHUSETTSSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighResolved

Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

bd_b18ec7eab3dcb46d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Full breach record for Partners HealthCare System, Inc. →

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. reported to HHS on 2015-05-01 a Hacking/IT Incident (phishing) affecting 3,321 individuals. A phishing email sent to 392 employees led to 50 employees providing unauthorized access to their email accounts, which were hosted on a Network Server. Breached PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and subsequently implemented stronger passwords, two-factor authentication, and additional phishing awareness training. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,321 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: May 1, 2015
Raw hash: 366dd5e6558ff2bdc9eb645075dd17be16d407c68cdd93e3272236f8628d6dd4

Source filing

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.7 KB

Download View at source

Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,321
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions including strengthened password requirements, two-factor authentication, and additional phishing awareness training.
Initial access: phishing_link

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.