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. 13, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Oregon Eye Specialists, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 13, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11730, row:2869)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Oregon Eye Specialists, the covered entity (CE), reported that employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 42,612 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, passport numbers, state identification numbers, military identification numbers, tax identification numbers, financial information, diagnoses, prescription information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Consequently, the CE ceased operations and is no longer in business.