HackingHealthcareHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData DestroyedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Frank Eye Center, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2022

Filed

Apr 29, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Frank Eye Center, P.A. →2 incidents on file

Frank Eye Center, P.A. notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party EMR vendor, Eye Care Leaders (ECL). On Dec 4, 2021, an unknown attacker accessed ECL's backend and deleted information. On Mar 1, 2022, ECL notified Frank Eye Center that unauthorized access to PHI/PII could not be ruled out. Two NH residents were affected. Data included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and medical records. Frank Eye Center is transitioning to a new EMR provider and offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 87 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Dec 4, 2021

Begins

Mar 1, 2022

Discovered

Apr 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Eye Care Leaders supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e63d0a9ed0246342022-04-29Verified
Montana State AGbd_e32a7c3c27e21aea2022-04-29Verified
HHS OCRbd_e9287974bf2481af2022-04-29Verified

Name: Frank Eye Center, P.A.
norm: frank eye center

Name: Frank Eye Center, P.A.
norm: frank eye center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2021
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1485 Data Destruction
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Eye Care Leaders

During the incident: Contained the incident
Notified law enforcement
Conducted an investigation
Restored data from available backups
Notifying potentially involved New Hampshire residents
Providing free credit monitoring services
Changes made: Transitioning to a new electronic medical records service provider
Reviewing and updating access controls and permissions
Reviewing and updating data storage security procedures
Strengthening network protections
Improving server patching and data backup processes
Onboarding additional internal and third-party technical resources and monitoring personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 29 · first

Montana State AGApr 29 · first

HHS OCRApr 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 29 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/frank-eye-20220429.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 29, 2022
Raw hash: 61006338275d542b0ca5d8d67ef3ba1ec35b35af634f9cfe73d50b8f87006ebe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrank Eye Center, P.A.

Victim entityFrank Eye Center, P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2022

Stated responseContained the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov