NYC Health + Hospitals State Hackers Stole Medical Data and Fingerprints in Breach ...

NYC Health + Hospitals has reported a major data breach exposing sensitive personal, medical, and biometric data of 1.8 million people after hackers accessed its systems for several months

New York City Health and Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States, has disclosed that hackers stole personal data, medical records, and biometric information, including fingerprints, in a breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. The organisation reported the figure to the US Department of Health and Human Services, making the […] This story continues at The Web

The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.

The largest public health system in the United States confirmed a gap that exposed personal, medical and biometric data of at least 1.8 million people, in an incident that reopens alarms the cyber fragility of the health sector. *** NYC Health and Hospitals reported that hackers accessed their network between November 2025 and February 2026. Stolen information includes medical records, insurance data, official documents and fingerprints. T…

Several major data breaches were added to the healthcare data breach tracker maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in recent days. All of the breaches were disclosed in recent months, but the number of affected individuals has only been made public now on the HHS breach tracker. The largest incident affects the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which in March disclosed a data breach detected on Februar…

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