ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCriticalResolved

Sarrell Dental

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 12, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

363,617

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Sarrell Dental →

Sarrell Dental (AL) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-09-12 a ransomware attack affecting 363,617 individuals via a Network Server. Exposed ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards, and retrained staff. OCR obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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

Sep 12, 2019

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b5b88218a288ea752019-09-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7d46dc68cb732b042019-09-17 · +5dVerified

Name: Sarrell Dental
norm: sarrell dental
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sarrell Dental
norm: sarrell dental
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 363,617nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Provided substitute notice on website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Staff retraining completed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 12 · first

HHS OCRSep 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 12 (MA), last Sep 17 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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: Sep 12, 2019
Raw hash: 17d9a3497cc8a88baf1e5da0cae4218b6af9e427d50370a5bc6ce04ddb6d0a5a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySarrell Dental

Victim entitySarrell Dental

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing