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SUMMARY
| Employee accessed data in which they had no need to be searching | |
| Records | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Record Types | NAA MED |
| Breach Type | Fraud Se |
| Data Family | Electronic |
| Source | Inside - Malicious |
| Organization | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Other Affected/Involved Organizations | None |
| Lawsuit? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Data Recovered? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Arrest? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Submitted By: | pi3rce |
TIMELINE
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| None. Add Data | Incident Occurred |
| None. Add Data | Incident Discovered By Organization |
| 2009-04-17 | Organization Reports Incident |
| 2009-04-16 | Organization Mails Notifications |
| None. Add Data | Records Recovered |
| None. Add Data | Lawsuit Filed |
| None. Add Data | Arrest Made |
SIMILAR INCIDENTS
| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2006-07-14 | Aetna Inc. |
| 0 | 2008-09-23 | CIGNA HealthCare Corp. |
| 0 | 2008-02-06 | Sanctuary at Tuttle Crossing |
| 0 | 2008-02-07 | New York Oncology Hematology, P.C |
MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION
Address: Boston, MA, USA
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PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary Source ID: 2622
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Massachusetts breach notification: Massachusetts General Hospital - employee accessed files in which they should not have been. 77 MA residents affected. No known abuse of personal information.
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| Filename | Source | Researcher | Incident IDs |
| 20090417-mass-general-hospital-MA.pdf | Massachusetts Attorney General | d2d | <a href='/incidents/show/2995'>2995</a> |
| Records | File Date | Uploaded | Updated |
| 77 | 2009-04-17 | 2010-04-27 | 20 Jul 18:50 |
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l\/LASSACHUSETTS r GENERAL HOSPITAL Health information Services FND-860 55 Fruit Street » ` Boston, Massacliusetts 02114-2621 Tel: 61?.726.2465 Fax: @7.643.4041 ’ [ April 17, 2009 Office of the Atto... |
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COMMENTS
Breach Types:
- Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
- Disposal Mobile | Email | Fax | Fraud Se
- Hack | Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive
- Lost Laptop | Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape
- Missing Document | Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail
- Stolen Computer | Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop
- Stolen Media | Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown
- Virus | Web |
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