CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Miracle Ear

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

2,710

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Miracle Ear →4 incidents on file

Miracle - Ear reported to HHS on 2021-02-19 a Theft affecting 2710 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The covered entity was burglarized, exposing PHI including names, addresses, birthdates, SSNs, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided free credit monitoring, and strengthened physical safeguards.

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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

Feb 19, 2021

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.Confirmed2,710 affectedView incident

Name: Miracle Ear
norm: miracle ear
Domain: miracle-ear.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Miracle Ear
norm: miracle ear
Domain: miracle-ear.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,710nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Provided free credit monitoring services to those affected
Changes made: Strengthened its physical safeguards
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: Feb 19, 2021
Raw hash: f000d21c0e33dd9f16a1ea89f8235e455baa6ad3e29852c6842b31adda11a825

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Reporting entityMiracle Ear

Victim entityMiracle Ear

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing