DENTAL OFFICE: Cyber Hacks

By Staff Reporters

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Recently, the FBI warned the American Dental Association in May of the potential danger to providers from hackers. In May 2023, hackers attacked Delta Dental of California in a breach exposing the information of around 7 million patients.

And, in April 2023, Aspen Dental—a chain with more than 1,000 dentists’ offices across the country—suffered a ransomware hack that exposed user data, including health insurance information and Social Security numbers.

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ASPEN DENTAL: Cyber Attack with Data Breach

By Darrell Pruitt DDS

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Aspen Dental has been hit by a cyber attack.  Aspen has over a thousand dental offices across the nation, and even though their official website says there are no signs of patient information being compromised, the American Dental Association is calling it a “breach,” since the attack involved ransomware.

If Aspen Practices each maintain dental records on 10,000 patients, and there are over a thousand Aspen locations, that would mean more than 10 million patients’ records were potentially breached. Texas has 58 Aspen locations – second only to Florida which has 124. (There are three Aspen locations near me in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex).

Last of all, history has shown that businesses which suffer one ransomware attack are likely to be targeted a second or even third time. It never ends. And then there are the HIPAA violations and remediation … This is bad for Aspen Dental.

Related: https://www.pact-one.com/2023/05/aspen-dental-cyber-attack-1000-dental-practices-affected-nationwide/

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