NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighResolved

Warby Parker

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 1, 2018

Filed

Dec 20, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

197,986

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

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Warby Parker Inc. reported to HHS OCR a hacking/IT incident (credential stuffing) affecting 197,986 individuals. Unauthorized access occurred between September 25 and November 30, 2018, compromising ePHI including names, addresses, emails, payment card info, and prescriptions. OCR imposed a $1.5M penalty in Dec 2024 for Security Rule violations.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Nov 1, 2018 → Notified Dec 20, 201849d ✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Sep 25, 2018

Begins

Nov 1, 2018

Discovered

Dec 20, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8942611f8a369bd42018-12-20Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_2bfbb470bd46e7c92018-12-27 · +7dVerified
HHS OCR enforcementbd_62d16c37bdd506f22025-02-20 · +2254dVerified by operator

Name: Warby Parker
norm: warby parker
Domain: warbyparkerfoundation.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Warby Parker
norm: warby parker
Domain: warbyparkerfoundation.org
Also named: Warby Parker Inc. (f/k/a JAND Inc.dba oflegal entity
Warby Parkerdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Sep 25, 2018 – Nov 30, 2018
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Sep 1, 2020
Notification sent: Dec 20, 2018
Affected individuals: 197,986nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCROCR investigation initiatedOCR imposed civil money penalty of $1,500,000
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Filed breach report with HHS OCR
Filed addendum to breach report updating affected individual count
Changes made: Conducted accurate and thorough risk analysis
Implemented security measures to reduce risks and vulnerabilities to ePHI
Implemented procedures to regularly review records of information system activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 49dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 1, 2018
→ Notified: Dec 20, 2018
49d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 1, 2018
→ Notified: Dec 20, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 1, 2018 → Notified: Dec 20, 2018	49d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 1, 2018 → Notified: Dec 20, 2018	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 20 · first

HHS OCRDec 20 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+7d

HHS OCR enforcement+2254d

Pattern: first filing Dec 20 (MT), last Feb 20 — a 2254-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: Dec 20, 2018
Raw hash: 780c06bdeb50c53b889ae3ccc9c35ddf2072d23cdfd64d5ec889aff6bf467f93

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWarby Parker

Victim entityWarby Parker

Incidentdiscovered Nov 1, 2018

Stated responseFiled breach report with HHS OCR

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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