FLORIDAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwarePhishingData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Vision Care Specialists, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 21, 2016

Filed

Nov 16, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

7,500

Confidence

66%

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

Vision Care Florida, LLC reported to HHS on 2016-11-16 a ransomware infection affecting 7,500 individuals. The breach occurred on 2016-09-21 when an employee opened a malicious email attachment, infecting the server with ransomware. Patient demographic information (names, DOB, addresses) was encrypted. The entity contained the incident, upgraded security controls, and retrained staff.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Sep 21, 2016 → Notified Nov 16, 201656d ✓ HHS report on time8 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 · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 21, 2016

Begins

Sep 21, 2016

Discovered

Nov 16, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,500 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: Sep 21, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 21, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2016
Affected individuals: 7,500nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.001 Spearphishing AttachmentT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the Breach Notification Rule and documentation of trainingOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Changed its policies and procedures regarding its information security
Included security training concerning malicious software
Removed its computer server from the Internet immediately
Upgraded to a business firewall
Implemented a cloud based backup
Strengthened its passwords
Retrained its workforce
Disseminated security reminders
Changes made: Upgraded to a business firewall
Implemented a cloud based backup
Strengthened its passwords
Retrained its workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 56dHHS 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: Sep 21, 2016
→ Notified: Nov 16, 2016
56d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 21, 2016
→ Notified: Nov 16, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 21, 2016 → Notified: Nov 16, 2016	56d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 21, 2016 → Notified: Nov 16, 2016	—	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: Nov 16, 2016
Raw hash: 87e3f40719a8abb939e826178fa7b32100ed70d84672d86da5b4395f332a049f

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Reporting entityVision Care Specialists, Inc.

Victim entityVision Care Specialists, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2016

Stated responseChanged its policies and procedures regarding its information security

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing