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 Nov. 5, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Pristine Dental, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 5, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12527, row:3666)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Pristine Dental, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,428 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, the FBI, and provided complimentary identity monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.