COLORADOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Vision Care Specialists, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 20, 2017

Filed

Jul 20, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

703

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vision Care Specialists, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Vision Care Specialists, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-07-20 a Theft affecting 703 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Records containing PHI, SSNs, and financial data were stolen in a burglary.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 20, 2017

Begins

May 20, 2017

Discovered

Jul 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed703 affectedView incident

Name: Vision Care Specialists, Inc.
norm: vision care specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Vision Care Specialists, Inc.
norm: vision care specialists
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 20, 2017
Breach occurred: May 20, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 703nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Implemented a clean desk policy
Installed surveillance equipment at all of its locations
Improved physical security
Revised procedures to limit the use of paper records
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented a clean desk policy
Installed surveillance equipment at all of its locations
Improved physical security
Revised procedures to limit the use of paper records and store them securely
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 20, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 20, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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: Jul 20, 2017
Raw hash: 4ef6af4d4e4a0776a6e87f5cd164f57a22f956c49f4d9d23e9896b9a1de1205f

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Reporting entityVision Care Specialists, Inc.

Victim entityVision Care Specialists, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2017

Stated responseImplemented a clean desk policy

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing