The California Office of the Attorney General reported that on November 16, 2021, Alcon Vision, LLC experienced a data breach on October 5, 2021, involving the inadvertent disclosure of limited patient information via email. The affected information included first and last names, device serial numbers, dates of implant, and treating physicians, but neither financial information nor Social Security numbers were involved.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547637
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/alcon
"id": "alc532072725",
"linkid": "alcon",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Alcon Vision, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['first and last '
'names'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'device serial numbers',
'dates of implant',
'treating physicians']},
'date_detected': '2021-11-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-11-16',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'on November 16, 2021, Alcon Vision, LLC experienced a data '
'breach on October 5, 2021, involving the inadvertent '
'disclosure of limited patient information via email. The '
'affected information included first and last names, device '
'serial numbers, dates of implant, and treating physicians, '
'but neither financial information nor Social Security numbers '
'were involved.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'device serial numbers',
'dates of implant',
'treating physicians']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-11-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Alcon Vision Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}