Intrusion at US healthcare software provider puts 3.8M people's data at risk
Unlimited Technology Systems says names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and insurance details may have been swiped
A US healthcare software provider has admitted that hackers may have made off with sensitive data belonging to 3.8 million people, making it the largest healthcare breach reported to regulators so far this year.
The attack dates to last October, when Ohio-based medical software maker Unlimited Technology Systems (UTS) detected someone poking around its commercial datacenter. The company disclosed the breach in July but did not initially say how many people were affected.
The scale is now clearer. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services' breach portal, the incident affected the protected health information of 3,803,750 people.
In a notification letter filed with the Iowa attorney general, UTS said an unauthorized actor may have copied personal information from its systems between October 5 and 10, 2025. Depending on the...
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