Health Data Breach Tracker/MO

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A.

3,364 individuals · submitted October 24, 2016

About this report

Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A, the covered entity (CE), reported that on August 26, 2016, it discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its electronic protected health information (ePHI), affecting 3,364 individuals. The CE notified OCR that its owner passed away on June 3, 2018. OCR confirmed this, and discovered that the CE had been a solo practitioner and was in the process of closing, due to the owner’s passing. Therefore, OCR decided not to further investigate this breach.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dr. Dennis T. Myers, D.D.S., P.A.
State
MO
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,364
Submission date
October 24, 2016
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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