DCMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumContained
Howard University College of Dentistry
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Full breach record for Howard University College of Dentistry →Howard University College of Dentistry (DC) reported to HHS on 2021-11-23 a ransomware attack affecting the PHI of 80,915 individuals. Breached information located in Electronic Medical Records included dental record numbers, dates of service, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed80,915 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- Nov 23, 2021
- Raw hash
- 65a73bddb544428102082169217a389e1c9711a2541290f82ac38b1d806f8a47
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Howard University College of Dentistrynorm: howard university college of dentistry
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Howard University College of Dentistrynorm: howard university college of dentistry
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 80,915
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- HHS OCR notified
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.