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South Shore Hospital

Disclosed Sep 23, 20206 years ago74,328 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), South Shore Hospital, reported that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 74,328 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

What is known

People affected74,328 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedSep 23, 2020
AttackHacking
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): South Shore Hospital (Healthcare Provider, MA)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalSep 23, 202074,328

Other breaches at South Shore Hospital

BreachAffected
Disclosed Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 20224 years agoHacking118K
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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