- Episource confirms cyber attack with stolen patient data
- The flight occurred at the end of January 2025 and includes political information and Medicaid
- Customers are invited to remain vigilant
The American giant of Episource health care data confirmed the suffering of a cyber attack in which he has lost sensitive data on more than five million people.
In a data violation notification published on the company’s website, he declared that the intrusion had been spotted on February 6, 2025, and after closing the computer network, bringing experts in third legal medicine and informing the police, the company learned that the disbelievers have taken “copies of certain data” between January 27 and February 6, 2025.
Data include health / police plans, insurance companies, members / group identification numbers and MEDICADICA-MEDICARE identification numbers. It also includes health data such as medical file numbers, doctors, diagnoses, medicines, test results, images, care and processing, as well as other personal data such as birth dates or social security numbers (SSN).
Increased credibility
Cybercriminals often target health care organizations for their data, as they can be mistreated in phishing, identity theft and other forms of scam.
CROOKS can use data to write personalized and convincing emails, which can encourage victims to download malware or to share connection identification information.
At the same time, Episource has filed a new report to the violation portal of the US Health and Social Services for Civil Rights, confirming exactly 5,418,866 people were affected by this attack.
The company began to inform them on April 23, 2025, it was said. He did not indicate which suppliers he notify, but stressed that not everyone was touched by the attack.
Episource is a health data and technology company that helps health plans manage risks adjustment, quality measurement and clinical data through analysis, coding and technology solutions.
He urges individuals impacted to remain vigilant and to monitor the potential identity and the attempted scams.
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