Millions Impacted Across Several US Healthcare Data Breaches
Several major data breaches were added to the healthcare data breach tracker maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in recent days.
All of the breaches were disclosed in recent months, but the number of affected individuals has only been made public now on the HHS breach tracker.
The largest incident affects the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which in March disclosed a data breach detected on February 2, 2026. An investigation found that threat actors had access to its systems between November 2025 and February 2026 via a third-party vendor. Exposed information includes personal, health insurance, medical, biometric, and financial information.
According to the HHS tracker, the NYC Health and Hospitals data breach affects 1.8 million individuals.
Erie Family Health Centers in Chicago, Illinois, detected a hacker attack in January. A probe showed that hackers had access to its network between December...
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