The world’s largest eyewear company Luxottica, suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of Lenscrafters patients.
The world’s largest eyewear company Luxottica, suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of Lenscrafters patients. The attack also targeted Optical, EyeMed and other eye practices.
“The personal information involved in this incident may have included: full name, contact information, appointment date and time, health insurance policy number, and doctor or appointment notes that may indicate information related to eye care treatment, such as prescriptions, health conditions or procedures, ” warned Luxottica.
For some patients, social security numbers and credit card numbers were also exposed.
Luxottica gives a free two-year identity monitoring service through Kroll to patients who had their payment information and SSNs exposed.
"We recommend that all potentially impacted individuals take steps to protect themselves, for example, by closely monitoring notices from your health insurer and health care providers for unexpected activity. If your payment card information and/or Social Security number were involved in this incident, this is explicitly stated in your letter," Luxottica reported on a website created specifically for this data breach.
The company is not aware of any fraudulent activities abusing the exposed data, to be on the safer side patients should be vigilant for any suspicious activities and monitor their credit statements and history.
Luxottica suffered a ransomware attack on September 18 and began to notify it's affected users on October 27.
"On August 9, 2020, Luxottica discovered the incident, contained it, and immediately began an investigation to determine the extent of the incident. On August 28, 2020, we preliminarily concluded that the attacker might have accessed and acquired patient information," the Luxottica data breach notification states.
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