Community Dental Care reports hacking incident affecting 134,903 patients
Community Dental Care, Inc., a healthcare provider in Minnesota, filed a breach report with HHS OCR on March 28, 2025. The filing details a hacking/IT incident that compromised data on a network server, affecting 134,903 individuals. This submission date marks when the report was sent to regulators, not necessarily when the breach occurred. As a covered entity, the dental group is required to notify affected individuals and the Department of Health and Human Services. Healthcare administrators should monitor this case to understand how large-scale data exposures are being reported in the dental sector, though no specific remediation steps are detailed in this filing.
Sources differ:
- The HHS OCR breach portal record lists a March 28, 2025 hacking/IT incident affecting 134,903 individuals; HIPAA Journal and Becker's Dental report that Community Dental Care later agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the breach.
Primary source: HHS OCR Breach Portal — Community Dental Care, Inc. (MN) · reported 03/28/2025 · 134,903 individuals · Checked against the record 2026-10-19