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Breach notice filed by Kernersville Eye Surgeons, P.C. (June 2022)

Organization named: Kernersville Eye Surgeons, P.C. 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 June 17, 2022.

Organization as reported
Kernersville Eye Surgeons, P.C., NC
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
June 17, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11371, row:2510)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Kernersville Eye Surgeons, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a malware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 13,412 CE individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Workforce members were retrained to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the Breach Notification Rule.

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

Figures, per source

  • 13,412 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 17, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11371)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Kernersville Eye Surgeons, P.C. Named as the covered entity 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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