1,500 patients were impacted by a hacking/IT incident involving their network.
Smith Dental’s internal computer servers were the target of a ransomware attack
Some clinical, demographic, and financial information was compromised.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/tn-smith-dental-notifies-hhs-of-ransomware-attacking-affecting-1500/
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/smith-dental
"id": "smi12476622",
"linkid": "smith-dental",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1500,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Smith Dental',
'type': 'Dental Clinic'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1500,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Clinical',
'Demographic',
'Financial']},
'description': 'Smith Dental’s internal computer servers were the target of a '
'ransomware attack. Some clinical, demographic, and financial '
'information was compromised, impacting 1,500 patients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Clinical', 'Demographic', 'Financial'],
'systems_affected': ['Internal computer servers']},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Smith Dental',
'type': 'Ransomware'}