Healthcare Provider · Archived
Northwest Eye Surgeons, P.C. and Sight Partners LLC
20,838 individuals · submitted October 26, 2020
About this report
The covered entities (CEs), Northwest Eye Surgeons, PC, and Sight Partners, LLC, reported that they experienced a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 20,838 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, and clinical information. The CEs notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CEs also established a complimentary phone number for questions and concerns and provided credit monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CEs strengthened their technical safeguards and retrained staff.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Northwest Eye Surgeons, P.C. and Sight Partners LLC
- State
- WA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 20,838
- Submission date
- October 26, 2020
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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