Advantage Dental+

Advantage Dental+

Sarrell Dental and Eye Centers, the largest dental provider in the state of Alabama suffered a data breach after it was hit by a ransomware attack.

Sarrell had to take its servers offline after they were implanted by ransomware to rebuild its business system and hardened its security.

The attack compromised the personal information of more than 391,472 patients.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/sarrell-dental-notifies-almost-400000-patients-after-ransomware-attack/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/advantagedentalplus

"id": "adv152923422",
"linkid": "advantagedentalplus",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '391,472',
                        'industry': 'Dental and Eye Care',
                        'location': 'Alabama',
                        'name': 'Sarrell Dental and Eye Centers',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '391,472',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information']},
 'description': 'Sarrell Dental and Eye Centers, the largest dental provider '
                'in the state of Alabama suffered a data breach after it was '
                'hit by a ransomware attack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal information of patients'],
            'systems_affected': ['Servers']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Taking servers offline'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Rebuilding business system',
                                       'Hardening security']},
 'title': 'Sarrell Dental and Eye Centers Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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