ILLINOISHackingHealthcareHealthcareVulnerability ExploitBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Heartland Dental, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 24, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

2,860

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Heartland Dental, LLC →2 incidents on file

Heartland Dental, LLC (IL, Business Associate) reported to HHS on 2015-06-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,860 individuals. Hackers gained unauthorized access to several company websites between March 31, 2013 and March 23, 2015, exploiting a website coding error to access databases containing PHI including clinical, demographic, and financial information stored on network servers. Notifications were sent to HHS, affected individuals (June 2, 2015), and media. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective actions.

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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

Mar 31, 2013

Begins

Jun 24, 2015

Filed

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_bf5e39d29854cb752015-06-08 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_79a78b054a031a162015-06-03 · +21dVerified

Name: Heartland Dental, LLC
norm: heartland dental
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Heartland Dental, LLC
norm: heartland dental
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2013 – Mar 23, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2015
Affected individuals: 2,860nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that the covered entity implemented corrective action steps.
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Modified the website coding error that enabled unauthorized database access.
Moved all databases containing PHI to an internal secure network.
Implemented a new software patch management policy (October 2016).
Activated a new firewall and new logging and monitoring systems.
Changes made: Coding error corrected
PHI databases relocated to secure internal network
Software patch management policy implemented
New firewall deployed
Enhanced logging and monitoring activated
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: Jun 2, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Jun 2, 2015	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

HHS OCR+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (NH), last Jun 24 (IL) — a 21-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: Jun 24, 2015
Raw hash: 06954feb7b98f01b31dbb66365f1155f4dae8072c1c234c05d06327fcf74ec00

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeartland Dental, LLC

Victim entityHeartland Dental, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseModified the website coding error that enabled unauthorized database access.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing