TEXASPhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Visionworks of America, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 10, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

74,944

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Visionworks of America, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Visionworks Inc. (TX) reported to HHS on 2014-11-10 the loss of a partially encrypted, decommissioned network server from its in-store lab in Annapolis, Maryland, which was not recovered. The server's hard drive contained unencrypted PHI — including demographic, financial, and clinical information — of approximately 74,000 individuals. Remediation included full server encryption company-wide, physical security improvements, workforce retraining, a system disposal plan, and credit monitoring offered to affected individuals. OCR investigation completed.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Nov 10, 2014

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_73f0c148721eb9d62014-11-11 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_63e3db21a36a9c792014-11-21 · +11dVerified

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 74,944nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation completedLetters sent to each State Attorney General

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered one year of free credit monitoring
Posted information on CE website regarding the server incident
Sent letters to each State Attorney General
Changes made: Fully encrypted all servers at all locations and replaced servers
Re-trained workforce members on privacy and security awareness
Instituted new training requirements on privacy and security awareness
Provided refresher training on incident management
Secured servers with cable locks
Tested and installed a maximum security system that encrypts all hard drives on each server
Completed a company-wide server inventory and hard drive destruction
Performed a physical audit of all servers' boxes
Created a comprehensive system disposal plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRNov 10 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

HHS OCR+11d

Pattern: first filing Nov 10 (TX), last Nov 21 (TX) — a 11-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Nov 10, 2014
Raw hash: d8ee8e3e9b2a416bf91054787cc4fa173684fee015b37a07f2bbd37896241719

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

Victim entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing