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Medical software maker Episource data breach leaks thousands of patients’ private health info
Medical software company Episource this week began notifying victims of a January 2025 data breach that compromised medical records and health insurance info. Sharp Healthcare, an Episource client in California, is also notifying patients of the breach. Sharp’s notice confirmed the breach resulted from a ransomware attack. Sharp’s notice says the following personal info was compromised: Health data such as…
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Next Step Healthcare data breach leaks patients’ SSNs, medical records, and credit cards
Next Step Healthcare in Massachusetts over the weekend confirmed it notified thousands of patients of a June 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Social Security numbers Medical records Financial account details Drivers’ licenses Credit and debit card numbers At time of writing, two states have disclosed how many of their residents were compromised in the breach: 10,041…
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Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and healthcare information of over 430,000 patients. The healthcare network has over 142,000 employees, operates 142 hospitals nationwide, and reported a revenue of $28.3 billion in 2023. As Ascension revealed in breach notification letters sent to…
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Frederick Health data breach impacts nearly 1 million patients
A ransomware attack in January at Frederick Health Medical Group, a major healthcare provider in Maryland, has led to a data breach affecting nearly one million patients. With almost 4,000 employees and over 25 locations, Frederick Health is one of Frederick County’s largest employers. As the health system revealed in a late March notification to patients, the ransomware attack was…
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A Data Breach at Yale New Haven Health Compromised 5.5 Million Patients’ Information
Credit: Alexander Farnsworth / iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Data breaches targeting healthcare and compromising patient information seem to be coming fast and furious, the latest of which occurred at Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), a massive nonprofit healthcare network in Connecticut. Hackers stole the data of more than 5.5 million individuals during an attack in…
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Yale New Haven Health data breach affects 5.5 million patients
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) is warning that threat actors stole the personal data of 5.5 million patients in a cyberattack earlier this month. YNHHS is a nonprofit healthcare network in Connecticut, the largest in the state, providing comprehensive care across five hospitals and 360 outpatient locations. It employs 30,000 health professionals and has an annual revenue of over $5.6…
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Hackers Stole Health Records From 1.6 Million Planned Parenthood Patients
Another major data breach has compromised the sensitive health records of more than 1.6 million patients—including minors under 18—who received care at Planned Parenthood in more than 30 states. Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), which provides lab testing services to reproductive health clinics across the U.S., is notifying individuals who may have been affected by a security incident that took place…
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Ransomware gang says it stole 138,000 patients’ data from New York City radiologist
Ransomware group Fog today claimed responsibility for a November 2024 data breach at University Diagnostic Medical Imaging that compromised 138,080 patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, referring physicians, medical treatments, and diagnoses. Fog says it stole 28.1 GB of data from UDMI. UDMI started notifying patients in January 2025 of the breach, but it has not verified Fog’s claim. We…
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More than 300,000 US healthcare patients impacted in suspected Rhysida cyber attacks
Two US healthcare organizations have warned threat actors were able to breach their internal systems, exposing more than 300,000 individuals. On 7 March 2025, Kansas-based healthcare provider Sunflower Medical Group published an alert stating that over 220,000 patients had their personally identifiable information (PII) accessed in a data breach. An advisory published by the firm revealed it discovered suspicious activity…
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Carolina Arthritis notifies 37K patients of data breach that compromised medical info & SSNs
Carolina Arthritis Associates has issued 36,961 patients with a data breach letter following a cyber attack in September 2024. The attack was claimed by ransomware gang ThreeAM. The data breach involves: Dates of birth Medical treatment or procedure information Medical record numbers Medical provider names Social security numbers The North Carolina health center explains that the breach occurred following a…
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