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 Feb. 4, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Rainbow Dental Care PLLC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Feb. 4, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13545, row:4684)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Rainbow Dental Care, PLLC, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 7,186 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, medications prescribed, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the administrative and technical requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule.