Possible exposure of 3,059 patients’ data at Washington eye care network
Unauthorised access to files was confirmed at an eye care network in Washington state, affecting approximately 3,059 people. Names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical information such as diagnoses, test results, and medications may have been exposed. Potential litigation related to the data breach was subsequently reviewed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Eye Care Center
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of personal and medical information of approximately 3,059 people
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to files
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataNameAddressDate of birthHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- It was disclosed that unauthorised access to files may have exposed personal and medical information of approximately 3,059 people.
- Potential litigation related to the Eye Care Center data breach was reviewed.
Also affected by this incident
Center for Discovery supplier breach may affect client data
↳ Knock-on damage from the Eye Care Center incident · View original incidentCenter for Discovery notified clients that their information may have been affected by a breach at its billing supplier, Accumedic Computer Systems. The attacker first gained access around April and may have obtained information between 4 and 8 June, with Social Security numbers among the compromised data. The total number of people affected was not disclosed.
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