DisclosureLens
RHODE ISLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIPHIHighResolved

Dr. Scott B. Klimaj, DMD

bd_26389272a293c182 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 21, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,558

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Dr. Scott B. Klimaj, DMD →

Dr. Scott B. Klimaj, DMD (RI) reported to HHS on 2022-10-21 a ransomware incident affecting 1,558 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, and medical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered free credit monitoring, and implemented additional safeguards. Staff were retrained on PHI protection obligations.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 21, 2022

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,558 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

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.