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 July 8, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Hutton & Hale, D.D.S., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 8, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12795, row:3934)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hutton & Hale, DDS, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,394 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.