COLORADOSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Colorado Retina Associates, P.C.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 12, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

26,609

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Colorado Retina Associates, P.C. →2 incidents on file

Colorado Retina Associates, P.C. (CO) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-03-12 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 26,609 individuals. An employee was the victim of a phishing attack that compromised PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, SSNs, claims/financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. Breached information located on Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards. OCR provided HIPAA Security Rule technical assistance.

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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

Mar 12, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed26,609 affectedView incident

Name: Colorado Retina Associates, P.C.
norm: colorado retina associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Colorado Retina Associates, P.C.
norm: colorado retina associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,609nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR provided technical assistance regarding HIPAA Security Rule obligations
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
Changes made: Additional technical safeguards implemented
Additional administrative safeguards implemented
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: Mar 12, 2021
Raw hash: 5bf711da87b6e8405f6a405d93272551d994b61730f3939c89eb8203c51a7128

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Reporting entityColorado Retina Associates, P.C.

Victim entityColorado Retina Associates, P.C.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing