NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwarePhishingData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 5, 2017

Filed

Feb 1, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

925

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A. →

Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A. (NC) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-02-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 925 individuals. On December 5, 2017, a shared drive folder was infected with ransomware delivered via a phishing attack. Exposed PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, SSNs, insurance, driver's license, Medicare info, email addresses, ethnicities, medical histories, medications, and billing histories. Breached info located on Desktop Computer and Network Server. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and media. Remediation included new hard drives, security updates, firewall resets, backup restoration, workforce retraining, and updated HIPAA policies. The practice closed April 30, 2019.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Dec 5, 2017

Begins

Dec 5, 2017

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed925 affectedView incident

Name: Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A.
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A.
norm: coastal cape fear eye associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 5, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 925nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification filedOCR obtained assurances of corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Installed new hard drives
Applied risk-ware protection updates and operating system updates
Restored backups and reset firewall settings
Retrained workforce and increased training frequency
Limited employee access to social media and non-work websites
Updated HIPAA policies and procedures
Changes made: New hard drives installed
Riskware protection and OS updates applied
Backups restored; firewall settings reset
Workforce retrained on phishing/security awareness
Employee internet access restricted
HIPAA policies and procedures updated
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 5, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 5, 2017 → 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: Feb 1, 2018
Raw hash: 5203776ebbce98aa67627c0c96e642214dcfb7cd89291e096b0582ce1e30aa25

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Reporting entityCoastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A.

Victim entityCoastal Cape Fear Eye Associates, P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2017

Stated responseInstalled new hard drives

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing