Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dental Center of Westport Group LLC

2,175 individuals · submitted June 28, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Dental Center of Westport Group, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,175 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, and claims and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dental Center of Westport Group LLC
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,175
Submission date
June 28, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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