Healthcare Provider · Archived
Smile Designs by Sandwick
900 individuals · submitted December 13, 2018
About this report
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.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Smile Designs by Sandwick
- State
- MN
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 900
- Submission date
- December 13, 2018
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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