CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Miracle Ear

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 5, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Miracle Ear →4 incidents on file

Miracle-Ear reported to HHS on 2021-03-05 a Theft affecting 500 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The facility was burglarized, compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, diagnoses, and treatment info. CE implemented additional physical safeguards.

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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

Mar 5, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed500 affectedView incident

Name: Miracle Ear
norm: miracle ear
Domain: miracle-ear.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Miracle Ear
norm: miracle ear
Domain: miracle-ear.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 500nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Established a toll-free phone number for questions and concerns
Changes made: Implemented additional physical safeguards to better protect its PHI
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: Mar 5, 2021
Raw hash: 3341ec7288716e4fa89b3c3147864b29838baa11abbfdfae3599a02594a1e0d8

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Reporting entityMiracle Ear

Victim entityMiracle Ear

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing