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. 22, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 22, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13125, row:4264)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 80,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names and x-ray images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.