MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIMediumContained

Thomasville Eye Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 8, 2016

Filed

Oct 4, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Thomasville Eye Center →

Thomasville Eye Center notified patients that an employee accessed patient records and opened an unauthorized credit account using personal information, including SSN and medical billing data. The incident was discovered on August 8, 2016. The employee was fired, law enforcement was notified, and Kroll was engaged for identity monitoring. Remediation included restricting access and masking SSNs.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Aug 8, 2016

Discovered

Oct 4, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4eae573bdd306b902016-09-28 · +6dVerified
HHS OCRbd_b8c51f3bbf7883962016-09-28 · +6dCandidate

Name: Thomasville Eye Center
norm: thomasville eye center

Name: Thomasville Eye Center
norm: thomasville eye center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 8, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 28, 2016
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: notifying law enforcementcooperating with law enforcement's investigation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Opened an internal investigation
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Firing the employee
Notifying law enforcement
Continuing to cooperate with law enforcement's investigation
Changes made: Restricting the number of employees authorized to process credit applications
Masking patient Social Security numbers
Monitoring and auditing of credit applications
Restricting staff access to financial information
No longer taking Care Credit Card payments over the phone
Retraining staff regarding the protection of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGSep 28 · first

HHS OCRSep 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MT), last Oct 4 (SC) — a 6-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2016/ThomasvilleEyeCenter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 4, 2016
Raw hash: 43e44a712ce1b5942f3bdc1072dbbbaf8f964c3ffe4b9c51ae76803e19b66910

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThomasville Eye Center

Victim entityThomasville Eye Center

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2016

Stated responseOpened an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov