HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIMediumActive

Emanuel Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 22, 2025

Filed

Jul 27, 2026

To disclose

14 months

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Emanuel Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Emanuel Medical Center notified Massachusetts residents of a data breach occurring May 21-24, 2025, detected on May 22, 2025. An unauthorized third party accessed systems containing personal and protected health information. The organization engaged cybersecurity experts and a data-review firm, offered credit monitoring via Experian, and established a call center. The investigation is ongoing.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d14 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 14 months / 431 days

May 21, 2025

Begins

May 22, 2025

Discovered

Jul 27, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+49 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_528c9736a01187952026-02-17 · +160dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7a5fd6c4afc9dcba2026-02-17 · +160dVerified

Name: Emanuel Medical Center
norm: emanuel medical center

Name: Emanuel Medical Center
norm: emanuel medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 22, 2025
Breach occurred: May 21, 2025 – May 24, 2025
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Began working with cybersecurity experts to assist us in the investigation
Engaged a data-review firm to determine what information was contained in those files
Hired third-party experts to address this situation, perform an investigation into the activity, and further secure our systems
Established a toll-free call center to support you and answer your questions
Changes made: Offering a complimentary membership to Experian IdentityWorks
Providing guidance on placing fraud alerts or security freezes on credit files
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(431 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRFeb 17 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 17 · first

Massachusetts State AG+160d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 17 (GA), last Jul 27 (MA) — a 160-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1230-emanuel-medical-center/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2026
Raw hash: 0761f0280f329144f4400f388e36058b76bb741ace4ae9f658b084789b748cde

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmanuel Medical Center

Victim entityEmanuel Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered May 22, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov