DisclosureLens
NEW YORKHackingHealthcareEducationHealthcareVulnerability ExploitBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPatch Available Not AppliedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

bd_29ba4a2aad3eaeb9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 16, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

765

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine →

SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, acting as a business associate, reported to HHS OCR on 2023-08-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 765 individuals. A software vulnerability in a network server exposed PHI including names, addresses, diagnoses, and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards in response.

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

Aug 16, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed765 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.