MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Southern Hills Eye Care

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 15, 2019

Filed

Mar 15, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Southern Hills Eye Care →

Southern Hills Eye Care notified patients of a ransomware attack discovered on January 15, 2019, which may have exposed patient records including names, DOBs, SSNs, and health information. The organization engaged IT vendors, reset passwords, and provided 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jan 15, 2019

Discovered

Mar 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_65171c4243313f142019-03-15Verified

Name: Southern Hills Eye Care
norm: southern hills eye care
Domain: southernhillseyecare.com

Name: Southern Hills Eye Care
norm: southern hills eye care
Domain: southernhillseyecare.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 15, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, with Equifax Personal Solutions for 12 months to protect your identity and your credit information
Reviewing and revising our information security policies and procedures
Resetting users’ passwords to ensure our systems are secure
Changes made: Reviewing and revising our information security policies and procedures
Resetting users’ passwords to ensure our systems are secure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRMar 15 · first

Montana State AGMar 15 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-Southern-Hills-Eyecare-AG-Notification-letter-MT.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2019
Raw hash: 912e761c88d2a46f1cdde162d572d0d2208b363b685cd990fedfd390d1ebbed3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthern Hills Eye Care

Victim entitySouthern Hills Eye Care

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2019

Stated responseArranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, with Equifax Personal Solutions for 12 months to protect your identity and your credit information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov