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Breach notice filed by HARVARD EYE ASSOCIATES (February 2021)

Organization named: HARVARD EYE ASSOCIATES Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 Feb. 8, 2021.

Organization as reported
HARVARD EYE ASSOCIATES, CA
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Feb. 8, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12359, row:3498)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Harvard Eye Associates, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 29,982 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, medications prescribed, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect ePHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 29,982 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Feb. 8, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12359)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • HARVARD EYE ASSOCIATES Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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