NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)BiometricHighResolved

Randleman Eye Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 13, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

19,556

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Randleman Eye Center →

Randleman Eye Center (NC) reported to HHS on 2020-03-13 a ransomware attack affecting 19,556 individuals. Breached ePHI on network servers included names, dates of birth, gender, and digital retinal images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, provided substitute notice on its website, and offered complimentary credit monitoring. OCR conducted HIPAA outreach training and obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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

Mar 13, 2020

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed19,556 affectedView incident

Name: Randleman Eye Center
norm: randleman eye center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Randleman Eye Center
norm: randleman eye center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19,556nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Biometric
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR conducted a HIPAA outreach training to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its staff
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.

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: Mar 13, 2020
Raw hash: 44ef0afb7244213abb6d1c17bce522fec7a2fe2188c2461c89f971507d595191

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Reporting entityRandleman Eye Center

Victim entityRandleman Eye Center

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing