Dr Robert Carpenter

Disclosed Oct 5, 20183,000 affectedConfirmed

Dr. Robert Carpenter, the covered entity (CE), reported that his practice was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,311 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, clinical diagnoses, and medical conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach incident, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect the privacy of ePHI.

What is known

People affected	3,000 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Oct 5, 2018
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticein.gov

Indiana Attorney General 2018 data breach report: Dr Robert Carpenter

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Dr. Robert Carpenter (Healthcare Provider, TX)

Notices filed

Residents of INOct 5, 2018

Indiana AG1 person

TotalOct 7, 2018

HHS archive3,000 people

History of this record

sector2026-09-25

other to healthby backfillSource

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 3000by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to Dr. Robert Carpenter, the covered entity (CE), reported that his practice was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,311 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, mailingby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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