DisclosureLens
COLORADOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Colorado Ophthalmology Associates, PC

bd_27bae87c6e8718af · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 13, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

6,020

Confidence

97%

Colorado Ophthalmology Associates, PC (CO) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-01-13 a ransomware attack affecting 6,020 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, offered credit monitoring, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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

Jan 13, 2024

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,020 affectedView incident

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.