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 Oct. 29, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- MK Periodontics and Implants, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12555, row:3694)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), MK Periodontics and Implants, reported that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 8,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its workforce members.