WISCONSINSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Independent Vision Group, LTD

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 13, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

2,931

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Independent Vision Group, LTD →

Independent Vision Group, LTD (WI) reported to HHS on 2023-12-13 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 2,931 individuals. An employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring, retrained staff on email security, and implemented additional safeguards. OCR provided HIPAA technical assistance. Breached information located on Email.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 13, 2023

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,931 affectedView incident

Name: Independent Vision Group, LTD
norm: independent vision
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Independent Vision Group, LTD
norm: independent vision
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,931nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to protect PHI.
Retrained staff on email security precautions.
Changes made: Additional administrative and technical safeguards implemented.
Staff retrained on email security precautions.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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: Dec 13, 2023
Raw hash: 5a1eb0b62d31930a3d1f957a0a638e0547a0b6135c023cccd84c8c52c09beb68

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Reporting entityIndependent Vision Group, LTD

Victim entityIndependent Vision Group, LTD

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing