MINNESOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighResolved

Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 9, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

38,442

Confidence

98%

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Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC dba The Dental Specialists (MN) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-08-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 38,442 individuals. Several employees were targeted by an email phishing scheme compromising PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, provided security awareness training, and enhanced access controls. OCR provided technical assistance. Breached information located in Email.

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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

Aug 9, 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.Confirmed38,442 affectedView incident

Name: Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC
norm: dental specialists of minnesota
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC
norm: dental specialists of minnesota
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLCdba oflegal entity
The Dental Specialistsdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 38,442nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Provided security awareness training to workforce
Enhanced access controls to better protect PHI
Changes made: Security awareness training
Enhanced access controls
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.

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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: Aug 9, 2024
Raw hash: 317c938aa7a2b1d4c27331ee6c30e268b8ff2ff040ccad138a32a8e5f528eb4e

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Reporting entityDental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC

Victim entityDental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing