AdaptHealth Social Engineering Attack Leaks Patient Data
AdaptHealth disclosed on July 6 that patient information had been exposed in a cyberattack in June. The number of people affected was put at 4,115,802. The company said hackers had exfiltrated patient information through a social engineering attack, and it investigated the breach.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- AdaptHealth
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of 4,115,802 people leaked
- Cause / method
- Theft of patient information through a social engineering attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- AdaptHealth disclosed the exposure of patient information in a June cyberattack, with the number affected put at 4,115,802.
- It was reported that AdaptHealth was investigating a data breach resulting from a social engineering attack.
- AdaptHealth said hackers had exfiltrated patient information through a social engineering attack.
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