HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Finkelstein Eye Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2022

Filed

Aug 18, 2022

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Finkelstein Eye Associates →2 incidents on file

Finkelstein Eye Associates notified NH AG of a third-party vendor breach involving Eye Care Leaders. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 4, 2021. Data potentially exposed: names, SSNs, financial info, PHI. 3 NH residents affected. Notification sent Aug 15, 2022. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 87 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

Dec 4, 2021

Begins

Mar 1, 2022

Discovered

Aug 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Eye Care Leaders supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9184c0b2846315412022-08-15 · +3dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c680aa255e59b5ae2022-08-15 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ffa9f01b9f00d9802022-08-15 · +3dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_1a3b6446370f1af52022-08-05 · +13dVerified

Name: Finkelstein Eye Associates
norm: finkelstein eye associates

Name: Finkelstein Eye Associates
norm: finkelstein eye associates
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2021
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified major consumer reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion)Filed notice with New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the event and impact on its data
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of the Eye Care Leaders event to appropriate state and federal regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the major consumer reporting agencies
Posting notice of this event on its website
Issuing notice to prominent media in Illinois pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Changes made: Working with Eye Care Leaders to further ensure the safety of patient data
Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Eye Care Leaders to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 5 · first

Maine State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Montana State AG+10d

New Hampshire State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 5 (IN), last Aug 18 (NH) — a 13-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/finkelstein-eye-20220818.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 18, 2022
Raw hash: 0addb82574e74211d4ab811019a2a1727d25bf8ad918f364f618ffdfb88b3667

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFinkelstein Eye Associates

Victim entityFinkelstein Eye Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2022

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the event and impact on its data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov