Henry Schein cyber-attack leaks customer data and disrupts business
Henry Schein suffered a leak of customer information in a cyber-attack in 2023. In November of that year it emerged that the company had been attacked twice by BlackCat ransomware, and in December it said 29,000 people had been affected by the September cyber incident. In October 2024, disclosure of a data breach related to the ransomware attack and a US$2.9 million settlement followed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Henry Schein
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 29,000 people affected by the September cyber incident
- Cause / method
- BlackCat ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Henry Schein said customer information had been leaked in a cyber incident.
- It came to light that the company had been attacked twice by BlackCat ransomware.
- The company said 29,000 people had been affected by the September cyber incident.
- The company disclosed a data breach about a year after the ransomware attack.
- A US$2.9 million settlement related to the data breach came to light.
8 related reports
- Henry Schein Hit by Cyberattack in Mid-October
- Henry Schein says customer data breached in cyber incident
- Henry Schein cyberattack: What to know
- Healthcare giant Henry Schein hit twice by BlackCat ransomware
- Henry Schein says 29K people affected in September cyber incident
- Henry Schein says 29K people affected in September cyberattack
- Henry Schein discloses data breach a year after ransomware attack
- Henry Schein $2.9 Million Data Breach Settlement
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Henry Schein suffers another attack by same ransomware group
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