MOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved
Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A.
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Full breach record for Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A. →Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A. (Missouri) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-10-24 a ransomware attack discovered on August 26, 2016, affecting 3,364 individuals' ePHI stored on a network server. OCR was subsequently notified that the sole practitioner/owner passed away on June 3, 2018 and the practice was closing; OCR decided not to further investigate. Business associate: not present.
HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,364 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- Oct 24, 2016
- Raw hash
- d2c9123795584ba5e9fc6fa17f55fb15e8dbfc475bb97f616a6724d439017e8b
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A.norm: dr dennis t myers dds
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A.norm: dr dennis t myers dds
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 26, 2016
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 3,364
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Reported to HHS OCR; OCR decided not to further investigate following confirmation that the sole practitioner/owner passed away on June 3, 2018 and the practice was in the process of closing.
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- HHS notified
- Discovery-date grounding
- occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status HIPAA Discovered: Aug 26, 2016→ Notified: not extracted— regulatory submission HHS notified
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.