Pecan Tree Dental
Disclosed Jan 26, 20268 months ago13,300 affectedConfirmed
The covered entity (CE), Pecan Tree Dental, PLLC, reported that a workforce member opened an infected PDF file. The CE determined that clinical, demographic, and financial protected health information (PHI) for 13,300 individuals was affected by the incident. In response to the breach, the CE reported that it implemented improved technical safeguards and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.
What is known
| People affected | 13,300 (as reported to HHS) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Discovered | Dec 7, 2025 |
| Happened | Dec 7, 2025 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Health, Insurance, Dates of birth, Addresses, Names |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Texas Attorney General data security breach report BR-0004798: Pecan Tree Dentaloag.my.site.com · Official notice | Official notice |
| HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Pecan Tree Dental (Healthcare Provider, TX)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| HHS archivetotal | Jan 26 | 13,300 |
| Texas AGresidents of TX | Jan 30 | 13,300 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to hhs · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 13300 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2026-01-30 to 2026-01-26 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), Pecan Tree Dental, PLLC, reported that a workforce member opened an infected PDF file. The CE determined that clinical, demographic, and financial protected health information (PHI) for 13,300 individuals was affect · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Texas AG), confirmed by Texas AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.