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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.

Resource Center of Dallas Notifies 12,500 Patients About Cyber Incident

Data breaches have been announced by Resource Center of Dallas, Kern Psychiatric Health and Wellness Center, The Asthma Center, Integrative...

Midwest Spine and Brain Institute Impacted by Vendor Ransomware Attack

Data breaches have been announced by Midwest Spine and Brain Institute, Brookhaven ENT Allergy and Facial Surgery, Digestive Disease Center...

Five Healthcare Providers Report Ransomware-Related Data Breaches

Data breaches have been confirmed by Alta Orthopaedics in California, Cornerstone Behavioral Healthcare in Maine, Cameron Regional Medical Center in...

Baylor Genetics: ePHI of 2.8M Patients Exposed in Cybersecurity Incident

On August 19, 2026, we reported on a cybersecurity incident at the clinical genomics company Baylor Genetics. At the time,...

Nutex Health Confirms Sensitive Data Stolen in August Cyberattack

Nutex Health data breach

Nutex Health, a Houston, Texas-based healthcare management and operations company that delivers care through 27 micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals, and outpatient...

Oncology Firm Novocure Announces Cyberattack and Data Breach

NovoCure data breach

The medical technology and oncology company Novocure has recently confirmed that patient and employee data were exposed in a recent...

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Hacking Incidents Announced by Rehabilitative Care Providers and Senior Living Facilities

Data breaches have been announced by multiple North Carolina rehabilitative care practices, senior living and skilled nursing care providers in...

Aesto Health Data Breach Affects 9.5 Million Patients

On August 14, 2026, we reported on a data breach at the Birmingham, Alabama-based healthcare technology company Aesto Health. While...

ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 284M Records from Healthcare Giant McKesson

The healthcare giant McKesson recently disclosed a cyberattack in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

Boston Scientific Cyberattack Impacting Operations

Boston Scientific

The Massachusetts-based biotechnology and biomedical engineering firm Boston Scientific has disclosed a major cyber incident that is affecting certain information technology...

ShinyHunters Leaks 7.1 Million Baxter International Records

Baxter International data breach

The ShinyHunters data theft and extortion group recently claimed responsibility for an intrusion at the medical device manufacturer Baxter International...

American Addiction Centers & Oculus Pathology Disclose Hacking Incidents

Hacking incidents have been announced by American Addiction Centers in Tennessee and Oculus Pathology in Texas. Regional Center of Orange...

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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