MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcarePublishing ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

McLean Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 21, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2,231

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for McLean Hospital →13 incidents on file

McLean Hospital reported to HHS on May 21, 2024, that an employee inadvertently exposed an internal link containing the protected health information of 2,231 individuals. The exposed information, located in an email, included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and detailed medical information. In response, the hospital provided complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional security 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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 21, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3d94e5c8e8e952872024-05-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_7da3bad6d0a8573c2024-05-21Verified

Name: McLean Hospital
norm: mclean hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: McLean Hospital
norm: mclean hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,231nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Changes made: Offered free credit monitoring for 2 years
Implemented additional administrative and 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 · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 21 · first

Montana State AGMay 21 · first

HHS OCRMay 21 · 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: May 21, 2024
Raw hash: a65d68e0539bbb96b445242b1d69008bb3269175cfe9849ee5c90c535214fe3f

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcLean Hospital

Victim entityMcLean Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing