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Dental Health Services

Disclosed Apr 4, 20244,562 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

The covered entity (CE), Dental Health Services, reported that it inadvertently emailed the protected health information of (PHI) of 4,562 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, member identification numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE promptly conducted an internal investigation and secured the affected systems. The CE also implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.

What is known

People affected4,562 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedApr 4, 2024
DiscoveredFeb 7, 2024
HappenedJan 25, 2024
AttackHacking
Data exposedNamesHealth
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Notices filed

History of this record
data_types2026-09-25
[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource
records_basis2026-09-25
empty to hhsby backfillSource
records2026-09-25
empty to 4562by backfillSource
summary2026-09-25
empty to The covered entity (CE), Dental Health Services, reported that it inadvertently emailed the protected health information of (PHI) of 4,562 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, member identifiby backfillSource
attack2026-09-25
unknown to hackingby backfillSource
discovered2026-09-25
empty to 2024-02-07by backfillSource
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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