CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Harvard Eye Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 8, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

29,982

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Harvard Eye Associates →

HARVARD EYE ASSOCIATES reported to HHS on 2021-02-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 29,982 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a business associate cyber-attack exposing ePHI including names, addresses, DOB, and health insurance data. The covered entity provided credit monitoring and implemented additional technical 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 8, 2021

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_3bdb3e6c2815d1d02021-02-16 · +8dVerified

Name: Harvard Eye Associates
norm: harvard eye associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Harvard Eye Associates
norm: harvard eye associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,982nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect ePHI
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRFeb 8 · first · this page

California State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Feb 8 (CA), last Feb 16 (CA) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 8, 2021
Raw hash: 7e56f3ab0f1bd4eeb5252b9b32529c5e01f7d9dfb72fa72374dc4585a033d567

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHarvard Eye Associates

Victim entityHarvard Eye Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing