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 April 24, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Daniel Bendetowicz MD PA, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 24, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12904, row:4043)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Daniel Bendetowicz, MD, PA, the covered entity (CE), reported that he was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,314 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, lab results, medications prescribed, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to all affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.