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 March 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Dyras Dental, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12308, row:3447)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Dyras Dental, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 2,745 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial and related health information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals, and added additional training on security awareness.