PENNSYLVANIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Brodhead Dental Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 19, 2016

Filed

Dec 19, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

5,872

Confidence

69%

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Brodhead Dental Center reported to HHS on 2016-12-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5872 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. A dentist encountered a suspicious pop-up window on his work computer. There is no indication that any patients’ protected health information (PHI) was accessed as a result of this incident.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Dec 19, 2016

Discovered

Dec 19, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,872 affectedView incident

Name: Brodhead Dental Clinic
norm: brodhead dental clinic
Domain: brodheaddental.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Brodhead Dental Clinic
norm: brodhead dental clinic
Domain: brodheaddental.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 19, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,872nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Adopted encryption technology
Improved password security
Updated its security plan
Implemented technical safeguards
Sanctioning the involved workforce member
Improved its policies and procedures
Changes made: Adopted encryption technology
Improved password security
Updated its security plan
Implemented technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 19, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 19, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 19, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 19, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	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: Dec 19, 2016
Raw hash: 0ea0a0683ce28a2cdb64bdc1cf12b83ce3b8aab31f872241c2af7f8aad3413ed

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Reporting entityBrodhead Dental Clinic

Victim entityBrodhead Dental Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2016

Stated responseAdopted encryption technology

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing