Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

EyeMed Vision Benefits

bd_34d1a19c2cb74c79 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 1, 2020

Filed

Dec 11, 2020

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for EyeMed Vision Benefits →7 incidents on file

EyeMed discovered on July 1, 2020, that an unauthorized individual accessed an email mailbox starting June 24, 2020, and sent phishing emails. The mailbox contained personal information of vision benefits recipients. EyeMed secured the mailbox, engaged a cybersecurity firm, changed passwords, and offered two years of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Jun 24, 2020

Begins

Jul 1, 2020

Discovered

Dec 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_dd7329e4945257ee2020-12-11Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a4c254565b7d4e752020-12-01 · +10dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_cf86ae44e1360d1c2020-11-30 · +11dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_03f6bce6b4d9bc452021-01-27 · +47dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 74d gap

Oregon State AGbd_51ab8a9387df33532020-10-12 · +60dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5b0c8c38829e67fc2020-10-12 · +60dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_065c123c04fcc1f22020-09-28 · +74dVerified
California State AGbd_19012286169169672020-09-28 · +74dVerified
Montana State AGbd_62dc6484cbe942d72020-09-28 · +74dVerified
Maine State AGbd_873b63c5791a9fb82020-09-28 · +74dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: EyeMed
norm: eyemed
Domain: aetna.com

Name: EyeMed Vision Benefits
norm: eyemed vision benefits
Domain: eyemed.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 24, 2020 – Jul 1, 2020
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Blocked the unauthorized individual’s access to the mailbox and secured the mailbox
Launched an investigation into the incident
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist in its efforts
Made changes to how authorized individuals access the EyeMed network
Required immediate complex password changes to all our employee accounts
Reinforcing and providing additional mandatory security awareness training
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for two years
Changes made: Made changes to how authorized individuals access the EyeMed network
Required immediate complex password changes to all our employee accounts
Reinforcing and providing additional mandatory security awareness training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 28 · first

California State AGSep 28 · first

Montana State AGSep 28 · first

Maine State AGSep 28 · first

Oregon State AG+14d

Washington State AG+14d

Maine State AG+63d

New Hampshire State AG+64d

Delaware State AG+74d

California State AG+74d · this page

South Carolina State AG+121d

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MA), last Jan 27 (SC) — a 121-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197044
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2020
Raw hash: 46c671a2d7e9726ab72d1874dc69eb6066cc00d3f0d8d4a0691973f21573acaf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEyeMed

Victim entityEyeMed Vision Benefits

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2020

Stated responseBlocked the unauthorized individual’s access to the mailbox and secured the mailbox

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov