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 Oct. 24, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A., MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 24, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14381, row:5520)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A, the covered entity (CE), reported that on August 26, 2016, it discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its electronic protected health information (ePHI), affecting 3,364 individuals. The CE notified OCR that its owner passed away on June 3, 2018. OCR confirmed this, and discovered that the CE had been a solo practitioner and was in the process of closing, due to the owner’s passing. Therefore, OCR decided not to further investigate this breach.