HackingHealthcareHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PIIMediumContained

Finkelstein Eye Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2022

Filed

Aug 15, 2022

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Finkelstein Eye Associates →2 incidents on file

Finkelstein Eye Associates notified patients of a third-party vendor breach involving Eye Care Leaders. Unauthorized access and deletion of patient data occurred starting Dec 4, 2021. Potentially affected data includes names, SSNs, financial accounts, DOBs, and PHI. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 87 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Dec 4, 2021

Begins

Mar 1, 2022

Discovered

Aug 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

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

Part of Eye Care Leaders supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9184c0b2846315412022-08-15Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c680aa255e59b5ae2022-08-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_16f3c84d529682b72022-08-18 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1a3b6446370f1af52022-08-05 · +10dVerified

Name: Finkelstein Eye Associates
norm: finkelstein eye associates

Name: Finkelstein Eye Associates
norm: finkelstein eye associates
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2021
Undetected for: 87 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing notice to appropriate governmental regulators
Third party: via Eye Care Leaders
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the event
Working to review our existing policies and procedures regarding our third-party vendors
Working with Eye Care Leaders to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Providing notice to appropriate governmental regulators
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Evaluating additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(167 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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Indiana State AGAug 5 · first

Maine State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+10d

Montana State AG+10d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Aug 5 (IN), last Aug 18 (NH) — a 13-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-497.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2022
Raw hash: 55e56bb3d3910c442c0f43369b8ec9be635a69997d6996960be933ad3eab4b36

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFinkelstein Eye Associates

Victim entityFinkelstein Eye Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2022

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov