{"id":590983,"date":"2026-08-20T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/590983\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:08:11","slug":"hidden-device-found-inside-mass-general-brigham-research-lab-locker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/590983\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden device found inside Mass General Brigham research lab locker room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe hidden object was discovered after it fell to the ground, and police are investigating who placed it there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A researcher discovered a hidden device in the shower area of a locker room at a Mass General Brigham research facility in Boston\u2019s Longwood Medical Area Wednesday morning, prompting a police investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boston police responded around 9:10 a.m. after people at the facility at 4 Blackfan Circle reported finding what they believed was a hidden camera in the changing area. Police took the device into custody and are investigating who placed it there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass General Brigham said it immediately notified police, secured the area, and followed its safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The space is accessible only by badge. It is limited to researchers; patients and other staff do not have access to the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass General Brigham leases the facility for research purposes, but an outside company owns the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The health care system said it had not yet determined what type of device was found and had not confirmed that it was a camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass General Brigham said it is cooperating fully with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-A31A2670-Edit-Edit-695d441b6aa8b-scaled-1-695d442b1aadf.jpg\" alt=\"Profile image for Beth Treffeisen\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>Beth Treffeisen is a general assignment reporter for Boston.com, focusing on local news, crime, and business in the New England region.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Today newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local News The hidden object was discovered after it fell to the ground, and police are investigating who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-590983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}