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A California-based eye care provider – which also handles billing and other administrative services for a separate local surgery practice – says its online storage vendor was recently hit by hackers and paid a ransom for the return of patient data stolen from both entities. In a statement, Harvard Eye Associates says its unnamed storage vendor – after consulting with cybersecurity experts and the FBI – decided to pay the hackers in exchange for returning the data pertaining to both its practice and Alicia Surgery Center, both based in Laguna Hills, California.
Harvard Eye Associates provides billing and other administrative services for Alicia Surgery Center, both entities note in their breach notification statements. Harvard Eye uses some of our patient information in order to provide services, Alicia Surgery Centers says.