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Hattiesburg Eye Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 14, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 records

Confidence

50%
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Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Thegentlemen on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: HealthcareDiscovered: 2026-09-15

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

hattiesburgeyeclinic.com zoominfo.com/c/hattiesburg-eye-clinic-pa/46138946 1974-founded family ophthalmology practice in Hattiesburg, Mississippi — started by Dr. David Richardson and now run by his son Dr. Ben Richardson, making it the region's oldest and largest eye clinic (8 ophthalmologists + 1 optometrist, on-site surgery center and optical shop). Full-stack eye care under one roof: cataract surgery — including the first Light Adjustable Lens (RxSight LAL) in south Mississippi — LASIK, glaucoma (MIGS), retina injections, oculoplastics, pediatric and diabetic eye care.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Sep 14, 2026

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

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.

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About this groupFirst seen 2023-02-28

thegentlemen

According to ransomware.live, The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.

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