Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Asheville Eye Associates, PLLC

327,756 individuals · submitted January 17, 2025

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Asheville Eye Associates, PLLC, discovered a ransomware attack and intrusion into its system that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 327,756 individuals. The PHI involved clinical, demographic, and treatment information The CE provided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, the HHS Secretary, and posted substitute breach notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE reset all passwords, installed additional endpoint detection measures, increased its monitoring for cyberattacks, and implemented additional cybersecurity training requirements for staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Asheville Eye Associates, PLLC
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
327,756
Submission date
January 17, 2025
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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