MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHighContained

Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 13, 2023

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

6,587state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C. →2 incidents on file

Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C. (PCLI) disclosed a ransomware incident affecting 6,587 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between November 13-14, 2023, exposing PHI and PII including SSNs, DOBs, and medical history. PCLI notified law enforcement, HHS, and credit bureaus, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d16 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 · 16 weeks / 109 days

Nov 13, 2023

Begins

Nov 13, 2023

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Oregon State AGbd_31b20dec4306c4812024-03-01Candidate
Illinois State AGbd_9f5cfe86fd8c51ed2024-03-01Verified
Montana State AGbd_a9a6aa30a830110d2024-03-01Verified

Name: Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C.
norm: pacific cataract and laser institute

Name: Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C.
norm: pacific cataract and laser institute
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2023 – Nov 14, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 6,587state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessaryNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of PCLI systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Epiq, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and prominent media
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our policies and procedures related to data privacy to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(109 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGMar 1 · first

Illinois State AGMar 1 · first

Montana State AGMar 1 · first

Washington State AGMar 1 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA28133.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2024
Raw hash: 1bb512b34827c2e5a4b9a2f32db15aaf14bbe5a45429a594a1eb133dab926a58

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C.

Victim entityPacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com