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Breach notice filed by Smith Dental Care (October 2018)

Organization named: Smith Dental Care Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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. 17, 2018.

Organization as reported
Smith Dental Care, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Desktop Computer, Email
Submission date
Oct. 17, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13653, row:4792)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Smith Dental Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that on September 28, 2018, it discovered that a workforce member’s credentials were compromised by an unauthorized individual through an email phishing campaign. The CE determined that the protected health information (PHI) of 5,000 individuals was involved in the breach, including names, telephone numbers, and email addresses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE improved technical safeguards and retrained workforce members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above and provided technical assistance on the requirements of the Breach Notification Rule.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 17, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13653)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Smith Dental Care Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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