Wentworth Douglass-Hospital, a not-for-profit acute care hospital and member of Mass General Brigham, experienced a data breach on February 20, 2026. This incident involved the inadvertent disclosure of one patient's information through a voicemail sent to an unintended recipient. The hospital discovered the breach on February 27, 2026, and reported it in a Maine Attorney General filing.
The breach exposed the patient's name, date of birth, and Social Security number. The incident did not involve bank accounts, financial accounts, or credit card information. The hospital offered the affected individual 24 months of complimentary Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring, with an enrollment deadline of July 31, 2026.
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