MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

The Eye Institute of Corpus Christi, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 6, 2016

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Eye Institute of Corpus Christi, Inc. →

The Eye Institute of Corpus Christi notified the NH AG of a data security incident on Jan 6, 2016. Former doctors accessed and downloaded electronic patient records without consent. Affected data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and PHI. 2 NH residents were affected. Notifications were mailed on Feb 26, 2016. The Institute changed passwords and reported the incident to law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Jan 6, 2016

Discovered

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0a5b6e4d91c15b082016-02-26Verified
HHS OCRbd_82d89f4ab87a303c2016-02-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_05d5b654a01ac16d2016-03-01 · +4dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_96719d0caca6b3652016-03-01 · +4dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: The Eye Institute of Corpus Christi, Inc.
norm: the eye institute of corpus christi
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 6, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 26, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: InternalGrudge
Regulator citations: a report regarding this incident has been made to law enforcementa report has been made to the local authorities as well as the state medical board
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Changed the system passwords and credentials
Requested that these doctors return the copy of the records
A report regarding this incident has been made to law enforcement
A report has been made to the local authorities as well as the state medical board
Notification is also being provided to the credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Changed the access credentials for its patient records
Additional safeguards were implemented to help prevent this type of event from happening again, including changing the passwords to our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGFeb 26 · first

HHS OCRFeb 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/krishnan-ravi-20160226.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2016
Raw hash: c16365dfb25bda1517254f435cd395f32b2d9cb1745cfcfa6bc80befc42b7ac1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityThe Eye Institute of Corpus Christi, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 6, 2016

Stated responseChanged the system passwords and credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov