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Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center

ARPractice
  1. Claim reportedNot reached
  2. CorroboratedNot reached
  3. Regulator filing locatedHHS · Sep 24, 2017
  4. Enforcement actionNot reached
People affected (as filed)128,000
Breach typeHacking/IT Incident
Location of dataNetwork Server
Business associate involvedNo
HHS submission dateSep 24, 2017
Incident dateNot stated in filing

Coverage summary: Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that ransomware encrypted its data, affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 128,000 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included demographic and clinical information. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media and provided…

Status history

  1. ▣Regulator filing locatedHHS · Sep 24, 2017

Timeline

  1. Sep 24, 2017Breach report filed with HHS OCR: 128,000 people, Network Server.Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal
  2. Nov 1, 2026Record retrieved and matched by DDSBreach.Source: HHS OCR archive

What this means

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Change log

2026-11-01 · Record created from public sources