1.26 Million Patients Hit As Medical Breach Exposes Social Security Info
A cyberattack on Georgia-based medical billing provider Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has exposed sensitive personal and health records of over 1.2 million individuals.
MCBS, an Augusta-headquartered company, which provides billing, coding, accounts receivable, and administrative services for healthcare providers, disclosed the full scale of the breach in a filing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to the company's statement, hackers gained access to MCBS systems between September 22 and September 26, 2025. Following a multi-month investigation only completed this late May, the firm confirmed that cybercriminals successfully compromised a vast trove of sensitive patient data.
As a third-party practice-management vendor, MCBS aggregates patient records on behalf of numerous clinical entities. Consequently, the breach impacts patients across several regional medical providers, including South Georgia Radiology Consultants, SkinPath Solutions, and Stephen W. Brown and Radiology Associates. The precise data exposed varies per individual, but the stolen...
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