INDIANAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareMalware OtherPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Erskine Family Dentistry

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 21, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

2,723

Confidence

96%

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Erskine Family Dentistry (Indiana) reported to HHS on 2013-05-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,723 individuals. A malicious email containing a virus was opened on a practice desktop computer, affecting computers storing PHI. PHI involved included patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, claims information, and treatment information. The CE confirmed the virus did not penetrate encrypted PHI programs, wiped all affected machines, installed a new antivirus tool, stored PHI only in encrypted programs, retrained staff, and notified HHS, media, and affected individuals.

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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

May 21, 2013

Filed

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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.Confirmed2,723 affectedView incident

Name: Erskine Family Dentistry
norm: erskine family dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Erskine Family Dentistry
norm: erskine family dentistry
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,723nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1204.002 User Execution: Malicious FileT1204 User Execution
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained written documentation of corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Investigated virus scope and confirmed PHI in encrypted programs was not penetrated
Examined and wiped all potentially affected computers of the virus
Installed new antivirus tool
Ensured PHI was only stored in encrypted programs
Provided breach notification to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Retrained staff
OCR obtained written documentation of corrective actions
Changes made: New antivirus tool installed
All potentially affected computers wiped of virus
PHI storage restricted to encrypted programs
Staff retraining conducted
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: May 21, 2013
Raw hash: 56fcd61a4f3eaaccc1301c0390386a8ef25ecf5906dabf59640aed7defead26f

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Reporting entityErskine Family Dentistry

Victim entityErskine Family Dentistry

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInvestigated virus scope and confirmed PHI in encrypted programs was not penetrated

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing