TENNESSEEMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Robert Smith DMD, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2017

Filed

Jan 22, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2,859

Confidence

68%

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Robert Smith DMD, PC reported to HHS on 2018-01-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2859 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved ransomware blocking access to electronic protected health information (ePHI). The entity enhanced technical safeguards, adopted new HIPAA policies, and retrained workforce.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Nov 7, 2017

Discovered

Jan 22, 2018

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,859 affectedView incident

Name: Robert Smith DMD, PC
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Robert Smith DMD, PC
norm: robert smith dmd
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 7, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,859nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided substantial technical assistance regarding the CE’s breach notification obligationsOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above and performed its notification obligations

During the incident: Sanctioned its manager/privacy officer for allowing security safeguards to lapse
Designated a new Privacy & Security Officer
Replaced its former information technology (IT) vendor with two IT service providers
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals
Changes made: Substantially enhanced its information system technology and technical safeguards
Adopted new HIPAA policies and procedures
Employed a new HIPAA training program
Workforce members were retrained by April 24, 2018
Conducted a preliminary risk assessment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 7, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2018
Raw hash: e9395e0e5f5ae4d5bacf35d228bb457153ef5c9ef1f9dfbc27495dfb9aa676fc

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Reporting entityRobert Smith DMD, PC

Victim entityRobert Smith DMD, PC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2017

Stated responseSanctioned its manager/privacy officer for allowing security safeguards to lapse

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing