DisclosureLens
PENNSYLVANIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Professional Dental Alliance of Florida, PLLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 1, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

18,626

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for Professional Dental Alliance of Florida, PLLC →2 incidents on file

Professional Dental Alliance of Florida, LLC reported to HHS on 2021-10-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 18,626 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 staff.

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

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.Confirmed18,626 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.