Hack of New York City public hospital system leaks medical and biometric data
A hack of New York City's public hospital system leaked information on about 1.8 million people. The leaked information included medical records, fingerprints and location data.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Medical records, fingerprints and location data of about 1.8 million people
- Cause / method
- Data theft through external hacking
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- New York City's public hospital system disclosed the theft of medical information and fingerprints affecting at least 1.8 million people.
- The number of people affected by the data leak was put at up to 1.8 million.
6 related reports
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