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. 29, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Hoya Optical Labs of America, Inc., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 29, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11703, row:2842)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), HOYA Optical Labs of America, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 14,099 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, and prescription information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.