- State
- MA
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 1,225,054
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- Network Server
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Nuance Communications, the business associate (BA), reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,225,054 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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