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ALASKAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)MediumResolved

btyDENTAL

bd_8f59cb422ca67b90 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 26, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

2,008

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for btyDENTAL →

btyDental (AK), a healthcare provider, reported to HHS OCR on 2019-12-26 a ransomware attack affecting the ePHI of 2,008 individuals (web description cites 1,834). Breached information was located on Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Email, and Network Server. ePHI involved clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and provided substitute notice. Post-incident, additional administrative and technical safeguards were implemented and staff were retrained. OCR provided HIPAA Security Rule technical assistance.

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

Dec 26, 2019

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.Confirmed2,008 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.