Tri-Century Eye Care 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
Tri-Century Eye Care (PA) Ophthalmology Breach (2025): 200K Patient Records Including SSN, Medical & Financial Data Exposed via PEAR
Eye care and ophthalmology practice.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
93/100Breach Risk Index
75Data Value
40Market Recency
268dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Tri-Century Eye Care · Actor: PEAR · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Ransomware / Extortion
Profile: Healthcare provider · Vision and eye care services · Specialty clinic network · USA
Timeline: Breach (2025-09-03) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 200K records · 9 fields: Date of Birth, Email Address, Financial Account, Full Name, Health Insurance, Medical Diagnosis, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
Tri-Century Eye Care, an ophthalmology practice in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, detected a breach on September 3, 2025 and confirmed on September 19, 2025 that patient and employee data were compromised. The PEAR ransomware group claimed the attack (announced September 18, 2025), asserting theft of over 3 TB. About 200,000 individuals were affected per HHS. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical/health and treatment/diagnostic information, health insurance information, billing/payment information, and tax/financial information. (NOTE: prior record count 256,144 was a DBC parse; official figure ~200,000. Fields expanded from SSN/contact-only to the full confirmed set incl. medical + financial.)
ObscureIQ assessment: High risk of identity theft, insurance fraud, and treatment-themed phishing. Healthcare affiliation also creates privacy harm even when the exposed record set is limited.
Breach Impact
The exposure combined identity, financial, and clinical data (SSNs, dates of birth, medical/treatment and insurance information, and billing/tax/financial data) for roughly 200,000 patients and employees, an unusually complete bundle for an eye-care practice that enables identity theft, payment fraud, and medical fraud, plus credible treatment- and billing-themed scams.
About Tri-Century Eye Care
Tri-Century Eye Care is an ophthalmology and vision-care practice with several locations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, providing eye exams, medical eye care, and surgical/ophthalmic services. It maintains patient identity, insurance, billing, and clinical records.
Why They Hold Your Data
Eye-care providers collect patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and treatment records tied to vision care and clinical services.
Recent Developments
Tri-Century Eye Care detected a breach on September 3, 2025 and, on September 19, 2025, confirmed that patient and employee PII/PHI were compromised. The PEAR ransomware group claimed the attack (announced September 18, 2025), asserting theft of over 3 TB of data. About 200,000 individuals were affected per HHS; class-action investigations followed.
Data Points Exposed
9 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Financial Account
Full Name High
Health Insurance
Medical Diagnosis Critical
Phone Number
Physical Address High
Social Security Number Critical
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:Critical
Primary downstream threats:
- Full identity theft and synthetic identity construction using SSN and DOB
- Payment and tax fraud using exposed billing/financial/tax data
- Medical identity fraud and insurance abuse using diagnosis and insurance data
- Targeted phishing and vishing referencing eye care or billing
- Doxxing and physical targeting from exposed home addresses
Threat vectors:
- Full identity theft & synthetic identity fraud
- Financial, tax & payment fraud
- Medical extortion, insurance fraud & discrimination
- Name-based social engineering
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Physical stalking, mail fraud & identity verification
- Home targeting, stalking & physical threat
Threat Actor: PEAR
PEAR
Ransomware / Extortion
Attribution and method are based on available breach intelligence. Reported attack vector: Ransomware / Extortion.
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Protect Your ID Documents
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Enable MFA Everywhere
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Report & Recover
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the Tri-Century Eye Care breach?▾
Tri-Century Eye Care, an ophthalmology practice in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, detected a breach on September 3, 2025 and confirmed on September 19, 2025 that patient and employee data were compromised. The PEAR ransomware group claimed the attack (announced September 18, 2025), asserting theft of…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Date of Birth, Email Address, Financial Account, Full Name, Health Insurance, Medical Diagnosis, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
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