Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center (September 2017)

Organization named: Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 24, 2017.

Organization as reported: Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center, AR
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Network Server
Submission date: Sept. 24, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14047, row:5186)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that ransomware encrypted its data, affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 128,000 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included demographic and clinical information. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media and provided affected individuals with complimentary identity protection coverage. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

128,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 24, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2017-09-24Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14047)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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