CareCloud hack exposes medical data of about 3.7 million patients
It became known in March 2026 that a hacker had stolen patient medical records from medical software company CareCloud. The leaked data included medical information, Social Security numbers and banking information. The company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission of the possible breach and began notifying victims, and in August the scale of the damage grew to about 3.7 million people.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- CareCloud
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Medical records, Social Security numbers and banking information of about 3.7 million patients
- Cause / method
- Theft of patient medical records through a hack of its AWS environment
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- CareCloud investigated a possible leak of patient information and notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
- It was reported that a hacker had accessed patient medical records.
- CareCloud began notifying hundreds of thousands of victims of the medical record theft.
- The scale of the damage was tallied at 3.75 million people.
- CareCloud confirmed the theft of medical records of about 3.7 million patients.
Also affected by this incident
Boston homeless health care program leaks data on 201,000 people
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In the wake of the CareCloud incident, information on 201,000 people was leaked from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. The date of the incident, the specific items leaked and the response measures have not been confirmed.
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