NCMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICHigh
Knowles Smith & Associates
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Full breach record for Knowles Smith & Associates →Knowles Smith & Associates, d/b/a Village Family Dental (NC) reported a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information of 240,214 individuals. PHI included names, dates of birth, patient identification numbers, email addresses, and treatment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; provided substitute notice; offered complimentary credit monitoring; and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.
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.Confirmed240,214 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
- Apr 8, 2024
- Raw hash
- 251bce4619fd00b16d39e69a5daffc9471c58275187c1f477e632d5ca941ab8c
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Knowles Smith & Associatesnorm: knowles smith associates
Victim entity
- Name
- Knowles Smith & Associatesnorm: knowles smith associates
- Industry
- Healthcare Provider
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 8, 2024
- Affected individuals
- 240,214
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified HHS
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: Apr 8, 2024— regulatory submission HHS notified
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.