Health Data Breach Tracker/GA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Thomas Eye Group

33,994 individuals · submitted August 30, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Thomas Eye Group, reported that a misconfigured firewall and router resulted in a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 33,994 individuals. The PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Thomas Eye Group
State
GA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
33,994
Submission date
August 30, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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