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HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Black Hills Regional Eye Institute

bd_cea10e6d6457f3f2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 8, 2025

Filed

Aug 28, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Black Hills Regional Eye Institute

Black Hills Regional Eye Institute LLP (BHREI) notified Nebraska AG of a cybersecurity incident impacting Protected Health Information. Suspicious activity was observed on January 8, 2025, and the unauthorized access was confirmed on July 30, 2025. BHREI engaged forensic investigators, took systems offline, and cooperated with law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring. The breach impacted patients across multiple states including Nebraska, Iowa, and New York.

Leak gap clock Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Jan 8, 2025

Begins

Jan 8, 2025

Discovered

Aug 28, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 232 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMar 6 · first
Nebraska State AG+175d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 6 (IN), last Sep 1 (IL) — a 179-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.