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 Sept. 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Sarrell Dental, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13226, row:4365)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Sarrell Dental, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 363,617 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.