Spectrum Eye Physicians

Disclosed Jun 6, 2022175,000 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Spectrum Eye Physicians, reported that its business associate (BA) suffered a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 175,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, diagnoses, financial information, medications, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE terminated is business relationship with its BA.

What is known

People affected	175,000 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jun 6, 2022
Happened	Oct 26, 2021
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeoag.ca.gov

California Attorney General breach notice: Spectrum Eye Physicians

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Spectrum Eye Physicians (Healthcare Provider, CA)

Notices filed

TotalJun 6, 2022

HHS archive175,000 people

Residents of CAJul 11, 2022

California AGCount not stated

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 175000by backfillSource

disclosed2026-09-25

2022-07-11 to 2022-06-06by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Spectrum Eye Physicians, reported that its business associate (BA) suffered a cyber-attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 175,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Soby backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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