HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 7, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Eye Physicians, P.C., NE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 7, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13981, row:5120)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Eye Physicians, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,620 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE deployed additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained.