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 May 17, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Victoria Eye Center/Victoria Surgery Center/Victoria Vision Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 17, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9906, row:1045)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Victoria Eye Center/Victoria Surgery Center/Victoria Vision Center, reported that it experienced a hacking attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 80,000 individuals. The PHI involved included clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.