- State
- MA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 882
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reported that an employee sent a newsletter via email to 882 recipients and failed to use the blind copy function, thereby, exposing the email addresses of all recipients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the responsible employee was sanctioned and retrained to prevent future incidents of this nature. In addition, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
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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