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Eye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C.

bd_2cd12ea1d56f691f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 7, 2017

Filed

Dec 7, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Eye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C. →

Eye Physicians, P.C. notified patients of a ransomware attack on October 7, 2017, which encrypted files on some servers. The organization restored servers from backup and engaged forensic experts. While no evidence of data access was found, patient names, dates of birth, and ophthalmic imagery were potentially at risk. No financial or SSN data was involved.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Oct 7, 2017

Begins

Oct 7, 2017

Discovered

Dec 7, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b7c8d870db0424c62017-12-07Verified
HHS OCRbd_d353b298ef22cee72017-12-07Verified

Name: Eye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C.
norm: eye physicians land

Name: Eye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C.
norm: eye physicians land
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 7, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 7, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Restored our servers from a recent backup
Engaged independent computer forensics experts to determine how the incident occurred and if information had been accessed by an unauthorized third party
Changes made: In-depth network security assessment by an outside IT security consultant
Improved hardware and software upgrades
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 7 · first

HHS OCRDec 7 · first

Montana State AGDec 7 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Eye-Physicians.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 7, 2017
Raw hash: da18d862d90c189d7b8489313c21ef226d74276c3b873069b022b493ae7bce40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C.

Victim entityEye Physicians Land Association, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2017

Stated responseRestored our servers from a recent backup

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov