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VIRGINIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Mount Vernon Dental Smiles

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 19, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,074

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Mount Vernon Dental Smiles →

Mount Vernon Dental Smiles (VA) reported to HHS on 2024-01-19 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,074 individuals. A workforce member inadvertently sent an email containing PHI to an unauthorized individual. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. Breached information located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and strengthened administrative safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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

Jan 19, 2024

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.Confirmed1,074 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.