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 Oct. 27, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Luxottica of America Inc., OH
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 27, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12560, row:3699)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Luxottica of America, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 829,454 individuals. The PHI involved included addresses, names, dates of birth, claims and financial information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards. OCR provided the BA with technical assistance regarding its HIPAA Security Rule obligations.