TEXASSocial EngineeringHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Visionworks of America, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 10, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

39,825

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

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

Visionworks of America, Inc. (TX) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-10-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 39,825 individuals. An employee was targeted by an email phishing scheme that compromised PHI including demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided complimentary credit monitoring, implemented additional administrative/technical/security safeguards, and retrained workforce members. Breached information located in Email.

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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

Oct 10, 2024

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_9a273f19f4ef497f2024-10-11 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_a92a9b4bd8de21b02024-10-01 · +9dCandidate

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Visionworks of America, Inc.
norm: visionworks of america
Domain: visionworks.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 39,825nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members on PHI protection
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Additional security safeguards implemented
Workforce retraining conducted
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGOct 1 · first

HHS OCR+9d · this page

Oregon State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 11 (OR) — a 10-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://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: Oct 10, 2024
Raw hash: 590d7cca9332280ed1b97ba12facf4a94d5edca5beeb73e3d9af79a091e73469

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

Victim entityVisionworks of America, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing