HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 4, 2020

Filed

Jul 8, 2022

To disclose

19 months

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC notified Montana residents of a data incident involving third-party vendor Netgain Technology, Inc. An unauthorized user accessed patient data including names, addresses, SSNs, and medical history. AEC engaged legal counsel, replaced the vendor, and migrated data. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 months / 581 days

Dec 4, 2020

Begins

Dec 4, 2020

Discovered

Jul 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+71 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_107e137abc7fdf6e2022-07-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_a1df2442f80aa68c2022-07-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bd63328391afa78f2022-07-08Verified

Name: Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC
norm: associated eye care partners

Name: Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC
norm: associated eye care partners
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2022
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Netgain Technology, Inc.
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Engaged a law firm specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further
Replaced Netgain as its hosting vendor
Migrated environment and data to another service provider
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge through Cyberscout/Identity Force
Changes made: Reviewing and altering policies and procedures relating to the security of our systems and servers
Reviewing information life cycle management
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 months(581 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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HHS OCRJul 8 · first

Maine State AGJul 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 8 · first

Montana State AGJul 8 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-383.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2022
Raw hash: 3e452babc265889003bfb2e4e6612f651b4e4545401124a43b26d9c613907446

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAssociated Eye Care Partners, LLC

Victim entityAssociated Eye Care Partners, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a law firm specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov