MNSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASICHighResolved

Dental Specialists of Minnesota, PLLC

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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.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed38,442 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 38,442
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASIC
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

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.