VIRGINIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Linda J White, DDS, PC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 27, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

2,000

Confidence

97%

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Linda J White, DDS, PC (a dental practice in VA) reported to HHS on 2016-06-27 an Improper Disposal breach affecting approximately 2,000 individuals. An external hard drive containing a backup of the dental practice's computer server was not returned for proper destruction by an employee. PHI exposed included patients' names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and limited medical information. The hard drive required specific software for access. County officials initiated prosecution of the responsible employee. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device.

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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

Jun 27, 2016

Filed

—

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.Confirmed2,000 affectedView incident

Name: Linda J White, DDS, PC
norm: linda j white dds
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Linda J White, DDS, PC
norm: linda j white dds
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submittedOCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media
County officials initiated prosecution of the employee who possessed the hard drive device
Changes made: Formal risk assessment conducted
Corrective actions implemented per OCR assurances
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.

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: Jun 27, 2016
Raw hash: f2e4b95d3a0ba1e82c7021dfbacd494d9e4d4a60108711935b287873853efa10

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Reporting entityLinda J White, DDS, PC

Victim entityLinda J White, DDS, PC

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing