COLORADOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedBiometricHighResolved

Colorado Eye Center

bd_3bcc034b0fd549b4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 15, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

4,478

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Colorado Eye Center →2 incidents on file

Colorado Eye Center (CO) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-07-15 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) that occurred on 2018-10-19, initially affecting 4,478 individuals via impermissible access to retinal scans. OCR subsequently determined the retinal scans lacked sufficient individually identifiable information and therefore did not constitute a HIPAA breach; the report was closed without further action. Breached information located on: Other.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

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

Oct 19, 2018

Begins

Jul 15, 2019

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,478 affectedView incident

Name: Colorado Eye Center
norm: colorado eye center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Colorado Eye Center
norm: colorado eye center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Oct 19, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,478nationwide
Data types: Biometric
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed breach report and determined retinal scans did not contain sufficient information to be individually identifiable; closed without further action

During the incident: Reported to OCR on 2019-07-15
OCR closed breach report without further action — retinal scans deemed not individually identifiable and therefore not subject to HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
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: Jul 15, 2019
Raw hash: 9aa36b68200276657dd1f95d583d3ecbad2cd1104291190df20b3588506ec7de

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.4 KB

Download View at source

Reporting entityColorado Eye Center

Victim entityColorado Eye Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseReported to OCR on 2019-07-15

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing