TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Willow Bend Dental

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 9, 2016

Filed

Aug 31, 2016

To disclose

22 days

Affected

625

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Willow Bend Dental →

Willow Bend Dental reported to HHS on 2016-08-31 a Theft affecting 625 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A locked trailer containing patient charts was stolen from the parking lot on August 9, 2016. Records were recovered by September 1, 2016.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 9, 2016 → Notified Aug 31, 201622d ✓ HHS report on time22 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Aug 9, 2016

Begins

Aug 9, 2016

Discovered

Aug 31, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed625 affectedView incident

Name: Willow Bend Dental
norm: willow bend dental
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Willow Bend Dental
norm: willow bend dental
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 9, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 9, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2016
Affected individuals: 625nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Alerted the authorities
Recovered all records believed to be involved in the incident
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media
Changes made: Retrained all workforce members regarding the uses and disclosures of PHI
Implemented revised record retention and disposal policy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 22dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 9, 2016
→ Notified: Aug 31, 2016
22d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 9, 2016
→ Notified: Aug 31, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 9, 2016 → Notified: Aug 31, 2016	22d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 9, 2016 → Notified: Aug 31, 2016	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.

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 31, 2016
Raw hash: 6846d62dae6e175de3a83ecde21abbb4836d543ccd736376ba3a9f57a8a5d4a5

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Reporting entityWillow Bend Dental

Victim entityWillow Bend Dental

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2016

Stated responseAlerted the authorities

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing