Breaches and incidents
Young C. Park DDS / Park Dental (Roanoke, Virginia): workstation and email accounts compromised, about 12,000 affected
HIPAA Journal reports the practice told HHS OCR that about 12,000 people were affected after an unauthorized party “gained access to a workstation and an...
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- HIPAA Journal reports the practice told HHS OCR that about 12,000 people were affected after an unauthorized party “gained access to a workstation and an associate office email account” intermittently between 10 Jun and 22 Jul 2026; data included contact details, birth dates, diagnoses, treatment notes, imaging and billing information.
- Root cause: workstation and email account compromise; method not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- The practice changed passwords and updated access privileges.