McKesson Data Breach Exposes 284 Million Patient Records
A data breach occurred at McKesson, a U.S. healthcare supply chain company. The exposed data was confirmed to total 284 million patient records.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- McKesson
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 284 million patient records
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- McKesson's massive data breach was disclosed.
- The number of patient records exposed at McKesson was confirmed to be 284 million.
2 related reports
Other incidents at McKesson
McKesson cyberattack exposes customer data and email addresses
Impact: Customer data including 6.4 million unique email addresses
Pharmaceutical distributor McKesson had customer data stolen in a cyberattack involving a third-party application, and also suffered service degradation. The attackers claimed to have taken 284 million records, and it was later confirmed that the stolen material included 6.4 million unique email addresses. McKesson narrowed the confirmed data theft to oncology and multispecialty customers and promised to notify patients.
Related reports: 21 · last report →Cyberattack on McKesson
A cyberattack targeted McKesson. The attack method, the scale of the damage, the timing of the incident and the response have not been confirmed.
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