MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 26, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

36,275

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC →

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC reported to HHS on 2023-05-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 36,275 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a business associate. PHI included names, SSNs, DOB, treatment, and financial data. CE provided credit monitoring and closed its practice; investigation closed.

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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

May 26, 2023

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1d56e6a2db4b47362023-05-22 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfbf6b7dc3e118bf2023-05-22 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d09209cda06f2c252023-05-22 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b18c4c790d909632023-05-31 · +5dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_fcb5ecb46cad6b092023-05-19 · +7dCandidate

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,275nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

Vermont State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d

HHS OCR+7d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing May 19 (IN), last May 31 (NH) — a 12-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: May 26, 2023
Raw hash: c905f7d551be563add9bfc5258c436249bbeb46043d5af07859478e8a48df298

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

Victim entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing