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NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)High

Knowles Smith & Associates

bd_d59f8b190cc7e176 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 8, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

240,214

Confidence

95%
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.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 8, 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.Confirmed240,214 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.