MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Harvard Eye Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 15, 2021

Filed

Feb 16, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Harvard Eye Associates →

Harvard Eye Associates suffered a ransomware attack via a third-party online data storage vendor. Hackers accessed data as early as Oct 24, 2020, and demanded ransom, which was paid. The vendor notified Harvard Eye on Jan 15, 2021. Affected data included patient PHI (medical history, insurance info) and employee PII (SSN, bank accounts, government IDs). No evidence of data disclosure was found. Identity protection services were offered.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 15, 2021 → Notified Feb 5, 202121d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 83 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Oct 24, 2020

Begins

Jan 15, 2021

Discovered

Feb 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_36fb89cb0ceb607e2021-02-08 · +8dVerified

Name: Harvard Eye Associates
norm: harvard eye associates

Name: Harvard Eye Associates
norm: harvard eye associates
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2020
Undetected for: 83 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Third party: via Online data storage vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified the FBI
Hired cybersecurity experts
Investigated the incident
Blocked further access by the hackers
Strengthened security measures to help prevent future incidents
Reviewed and analyzed the incident
Offered identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Strengthened security measures to help prevent future incidents
Continued ongoing efforts to maintain and enhance data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 21d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 15, 2021
→ Notified: Feb 5, 2021
21d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 15, 2021 → Notified: Feb 5, 2021	21d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRFeb 8 · first

California State AG+8d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-538038
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2021
Raw hash: ff9c23f367e39f9167d35956a6b5fd74435db2176a2bf371cd2a7eae9448bbeb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHarvard Eye Associates

Victim entityHarvard Eye Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2021

Stated responseNotified the FBI

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov