ILLINOISMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 16, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

20,371

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases →

Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases (IL) reported to HHS on 2018-11-16 a ransomware attack (Hacking/IT Incident) affecting the PHI of approximately 20,371 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, revised policies and procedures, and provided complimentary credit monitoring. OCR provided technical assistance regarding HIPAA Rules.

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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

Nov 16, 2018

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.Confirmed20,371 affectedView incident

Name: Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases
norm: center for vitreo retinal diseases
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases
norm: center for vitreo retinal diseases
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 20,371nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedOCR provided technical assistance regarding HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Revised policies and procedures
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Changes made: Revised policies and procedures
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
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: Nov 16, 2018
Raw hash: ad3361047af24c9ca1eb5fc87d9521b8fcc71122a698f6e3e8cee5b79077eb57

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Reporting entityCenter for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases

Victim entityCenter for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing