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Alabama Ophthalmology Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Filed

Jan 30, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

60%
Full breach record for Alabama Ophthalmology Associates2 incidents on file

Press / market disclosure — not a breach-notification filing

A media or market posting that confirms an incident but carries no breach-notification fields, so compliance clocks aren't assessable. The summary below is extracted from the coverage — verify against the source.

Data Breach Notification. Alabama Ophthalmology Associates: On January 30, 2025, AOA detected unusual network activity and engaged cybersecurity experts. The investigation found that certain data, including personal and protected health information, may have been acquired without authorization between January 22 and January 30, 2025. AOA secured its systems, completed a file review by March 19, 2025, notified law enforcement, and is offering complimentary identity protection services to affected individuals. The cyberattack was claimed by bianlian on 2025-02-19. Linked ransomware group: bianlian.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 30, 2025

Press report

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

Attack → press

Compliance clock

Not assessable

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
PressJan 22 · first
Press+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 22, last Apr 8 (VT) — a 76-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 reportThis record

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • incident type + narrative only (may be machine-translated)
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • affected count
  • data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-07-14

bianlian

According to ransomware.live, BianLian ransomware operations began in late 2021. The group practices multi-pronged extortion, demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as the non-release of stolen data. The ransomware group hosts a public, TOR-based, blog to post victim identities and stolen data. Somewhat unique to BianLian at the time of their launch was their inclusion of an I2P mirror for their blog.

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