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 Aug. 31, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- David G. Simon, DMD, PA, d/b/a Simon Orthodontics, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Aug. 31, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13707, row:4846)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
David G. Simon, DMD, PA, dba Simon Orthodontics, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack involving ransomware which affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 15,129 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, claims data, financial information, and clinical information. During the course of our investigation the CE was purchased by another company; and as a result, the entity no longer met the definition of a covered entity and OCR no longer had jurisdiction over the matter.