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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW 'Mitigation banking' ... The El Niño effect ... Our View: Legislature left unfinished business on ethics ... 'Mitigation banking' ... The El Niño effect ... Our View: Legislature left unfinished business on ethics ... CENTRAL OREGON Dental company for low-income Oregonians reports data breach Comment By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Mar. 17, 2015 at 8:24 PM By The Associated Press Posted Mar. 17, 2015 at 8:24 PM » Social News REDMOND — A company with more than 30 dental clinics serving low-income people in Oregon says it's been hacked, and the intruders got Social Security numbers and other personal information, but not treatment or financial data. Advantage Dental, of Redmond, is notifying patients and paying for an identity-theft monitoring service, The Bulletin newspaper of Bend reported Tuesday. An intruder breached its internal membership database in late February and accessed information on more than 151,000 patients, said Jeff Dover, Advantage's compliance manager. He said malware got a username and password from an employee's computer for access to the membership database, which is separate from the database that contains financial and treatment information. The intruder accessed the information for three days beginning Feb. 23, and then Advantage workers detected the breach. All Advantage computers are equipped with anti-virus software, but sometimes software does not detect new variations of a virus, he said. "Unfortunately this happened," he said. "What you can do is be as transparent as you can, take responsibility for it, learn from it and then move on." No patients have reported the data being used for criminal activity. Dover said Advantage made security changes, including shutting off access to its internal patient database from computers that are not within Advantage clinics or its headquarters in Redmond. By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Mar. 17, 2015 at 8:24 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... Business Name address Location, ST | website.com Find Southern Oregon Attractions Bars Restaurants Beauty Salons Entertainment Doctors Medical Specialists Contractors Education Lawn Services Lawyers Shopping Travel Tanning Used Cars Wedding Services ▼ Add your business here + Events Calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2015 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501