PhysicalHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Visionworks of America, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2014

Filed

Nov 11, 2014

To disclose

15 days

Affected

15state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Visionworks of America, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Visionworks of America reported the loss of a decommissioned server containing unencrypted PHI and PI from its Annapolis, MD store. The server was likely discarded during a store remodel. 15 New Hampshire residents were affected. Data included names, addresses, DOB, health insurance info, and encrypted credit card data. No SSNs were populated. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 134 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jun 15, 2014

Begins

Oct 27, 2014

Discovered

Nov 11, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_01062a664c5342042014-11-10 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_63e3db21a36a9c792014-11-21 · +10dVerified

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com
Industry: HealthcarellmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2014
Breach occurred: Jun 15, 2014 – Oct 27, 2014
Undetected for: 134 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2014
Affected individuals: 15state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Offering free credit monitoring for one year to the affected individuals
Established a call center for individuals to call with questions
Placed a notice on www.visionworks.com to alert individuals
Initiated a thorough review of policies and procedures regarding asset management
Changes made: Continuing to work on multi-step server encryption initiative
Initiating a thorough review of policies and procedures regarding asset management to enhance ability to protect personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRNov 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

HHS OCR+11d

Pattern: first filing Nov 10 (TX), last Nov 21 (TX) — a 11-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/visionworks-20141111.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2014
Raw hash: f173bcb9405f2ff2c8594050a7a9c970c1a92e99e4a7dc25916d00beb0f4b326

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

Victim entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2014

Stated responseOffering free credit monitoring for one year to the affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov