PENNSYLVANIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Professional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 1, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

23,974

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Professional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC →3 incidents on file

Professional Dental Alliance of Georgia, PLLC reported to HHS on 2021-10-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 23,974 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees of a business associate were victims of an email phishing attack compromising PHI including names, DOB, SSN, and treatment info. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and media, established a call center, and provided website substitute notice. The BA strengthened safeguards and retrained IT staff.

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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

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

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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 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

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HHS OCRbd_773866c18cfe23132021-10-01Candidate
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HHS OCRbd_d32826dfc092fe782021-10-01Candidate

Name: Professional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC
norm: professional dental alliance of tennessee
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Professional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC
norm: professional dental alliance of tennessee
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23,974nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Established a call center for questions or concerns
Changes made: Strengthened administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained IT staff on email security
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 · 5 filings

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HHS OCROct 1 · first

HHS OCROct 1 · first · this page

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: Oct 1, 2021
Raw hash: 29a1375528954e3227a95cf4eb11595484f76ccf033f459d0019ce73104ef04e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC

Victim entityProfessional Dental Alliance of Tennessee, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing