Summit Eye Associates, P.C.

On April 27, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Summit Eye Associates notified about a data breach experienced by Eye Care Leaders on December 4, 2021, affecting 53,818 individuals, with 3 Maine residents specifically affected. The breach was classified as an external system breach (hacking) and may have involved unauthorized access to Social Security numbers among other patient information. Identity theft protection services are being offered to affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/adae27e8-c26a-478a-948e-fe1354b83709.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/summit-eye-center

"id": "sum128072725",
"linkid": "summit-eye-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 53818,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Eye Care Leaders',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 53818,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'Other patient information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-12-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-04-27',
 'description': 'On April 27, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney General '
                'reported that Summit Eye Associates notified about a data '
                'breach experienced by Eye Care Leaders on December 4, 2021, '
                'affecting 53,818 individuals, with 3 Maine residents '
                'specifically affected. The breach was classified as an '
                'external system breach (hacking) and may have involved '
                'unauthorized access to Social Security numbers among other '
                'patient information. Identity theft protection services are '
                'being offered to affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'Other patient information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-04-27',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Eye Care Leaders',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}