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 Dec. 13, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Smile Designs by Sandwick, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- Dec. 13, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13603, row:4742)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Smile Designs by Sandwick, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 862 individuals. The hackers were also able to access the CE’s practice management software. The ePHI involved included names, email addresses, and telephone numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented new technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule.