PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

The May Eye Care Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 11, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

30,000

Confidence

68%

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The May Eye Care Center reported to HHS on 2018-10-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 30,000 individuals. Ransomware encrypted the network containing PHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, and financial data. The entity notified HHS, individuals, media, and law enforcement, and implemented stronger password and 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

Oct 11, 2018

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.Confirmed30,000 affectedView incident

Name: The May Eye Care Center
norm: the may eye care center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The May Eye Care Center
norm: the may eye care center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 30,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented additional appropriate privacy and security policies

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Provided breach notification to the media
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented stronger password management procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional appropriate privacy and security policies
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: Oct 11, 2018
Raw hash: e463e233d094d3ddd8c8b6f09653656156aaedfb9d81badd18037add19891e44

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Reporting entityThe May Eye Care Center

Victim entityThe May Eye Care Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing