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Breach notice filed by Brodhead Dental Center (December 2016)

Organization named: Brodhead Dental 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Dec. 19, 2016.

Organization as reported
Brodhead Dental Center, PA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Desktop Computer
Submission date
Dec. 19, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14325, row:5464)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A dentist with the covered entity (CE), Brodhead Dental Center, encountered a suspicious pop-up window on his work computer while he was online making a personal transaction. There is no indication that any patients’ protected health information (PHI) was accessed as a result of this incident. Following this incident, the CE adopted encryption technology, improved password security, updated its security plan, and implemented technical safeguards. It also sanctioning the involved workforce member and improved its policies and procedures. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,872 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Dec. 19, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14325)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Brodhead Dental Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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