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HIPAA Breach News

Our HIPAA breach news section covers HIPAA breaches such as unauthorized disclosures of protected health information (PHI), improper disposal of PHI, unauthorized PHI access by cybercriminals and rogue healthcare employees, and other security and privacy breaches.

The HIPAA breach news section is particularly relevant to healthcare information security professionals, privacy officers, and other individuals who have some responsibility for HIPAA compliance.

The most recent healthcare data breach reports are listed below and HIPAA enforcement news is provided. If you want to find out if a specific covered entity has experienced a data breach, please use the search function in the top right hand corner of this webpage.

McKesson Cyberattack: Stolen Data Includes 6.4 Million Unique Email Addresses

McKesson, a major U.S. wholesale medical supplies & equipment, pharmaceutical distribution, and healthcare technology solutions company, continues to investigate a...

Hacking Group Claims Attack on Cedar County Memorial Hospital

A hacking group has claimed responsibility for an August 2026 cyberattack on Cedar County Memorial Hospital in Missouri. Hacking-related data...

xHealth Data Breach Affects 118,000 Individuals

A data breach at zHealth, a practice management and EHR software provider, has affected 118,000 individuals. Data breaches have also...

Nationwide Home Health Care Provider Announces Major Data Breach

Data breaches have been reported by the Louisiana-based home health service provider LHC Group, Provident Behavioral Health in Missouri, Elixir...

Hacking Incident Affects 46,000 Hawaii Family Dental Patients

A hacking incident at Hawaii Family Dental has affected almost 46,000 individuals. Data breaches have also been announced by Life...

Veradigm Discloses Third Party Data Breach as Hackers Threaten to Publish Data

veradigm data breach

The Chicago, Illinois-based practice management and electronic health record company Veradigm (formerly Allscripts Healthcare Solutions) has disclosed a cybersecurity incident in...

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AdaptHealth Data Breach Affects 4.1 Million Individuals

In early July, we reported that AdaptHealth had notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had experienced a...

Two Ransomware Groups Claim Attacks on Nationwide Home Healthcare Provider

Two ransomware groups have claimed attacks on the home health care provider Interim Healthcare. Data breaches have been announced by...

Boston Scientific Unlikely to Meet 2026 Sales and Profit Forecast Due to Cyberattack

Boston Scientific

It has been two weeks since a cyberattack on the Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific prevented access to critical...

NFI North Data Breach Affects Almost 50,000 Individuals

Data breaches have been announced by NFI North in New Hampshire, Nephrology Associates in Kansas, PAMCAH-UA Local 675 Health and...

Luminis Health Working to Restore Systems After Cyberattack

Luminis Health in Maryland is investigating a cyberattack that has taken certain systems offline. Data breaches have been announced by...

June 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Report

June 2026 Healthcare data breach report

In June 2026, 66 large healthcare data breaches – data breaches involving the protected health information of 500 or more...

July 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

U.S. healthcare data breaches are down 34.1% month-over-month, and 44.5% fewer individuals had their healthcare data exposed. HIPAA-regulated entities reported...

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