DisclosureLens
IOWAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Jones Eye Center, P.C.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 22, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

39,605

Confidence

69%

Jones Eye Center, P.C. reported to HHS on 2018-10-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 39,605 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting ePHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and clinical data. The CE implemented safeguards and retrained staff.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 22, 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.Confirmed39,605 affectedView incident

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.