Breaches and incidents
Azle Cube Smiles (Azle, Texas): remote desktop web access compromised, 3,280 affected
HIPAA Journal reports the dental practice was told by its IT support company on 26 May 2026 of suspicious activity and a cyberattack was confirmed.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- HIPAA Journal reports the dental practice was told by its IT support company on 26 May 2026 of suspicious activity and a cyberattack was confirmed; the Texas AG was told of 2,940 residents and HHS OCR of 3,280 people, with names, birth dates, driver’s license numbers, government IDs and medical information involved.
- Root cause: per the report, its “remote desktop web services infrastructure” was involved and was locked down.
- No attacker named.
- External connections terminated, office-wide password reset; the patient record platform was restored.