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Sonus Hearing Care Professionals

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2021

Filed

May 3, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3,100

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Sonus Hearing Care Professionals →

Sonus Hearing Care Professionals experienced a physical theft of hard drives and CPUs during a burglary at its Lancaster, CA location on March 5, 2021. The company became aware of the incident on March 4, 2021. Approximately 3,100 patient records may have been compromised, containing names, addresses, birthdates, insurance information, audiograms, and hearing aid information. No credit card or social security numbers were stored on the stolen devices. The company filed a police report, replaced hardware with encrypted drives, reinforced physical security, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

California clockDiscovered Mar 4, 2021 → Notified Apr 29, 202156d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

Mar 5, 2021

Begins

May 3, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,100 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.