Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Novo Nordisk Breach Involved 'Copying' of Patient, Healthcare Provider InfoA hack on Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk has compromised some patients' clinical trial information, the maker of popular weight loss and diabetes treatment drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic said. The company is working to bring affected IT systems back online.

Attackers Attempted to Reroute Hospital Medicaid ReimbursementsA hack on a Connecticut Medicaid web portal involving compromised credentials of a healthcare provider has affected the payment account and other information for about 22,500 patients. The data theft is the latest breach involving a healthcare related web portal hack. Why does this keep happening?

Recent Hacks Underscore Persistent and Growing Threats to Smaller OrganizationsSmall and mid-sized healthcare organizations - including medical specialty practices and regional clinics - continue to fall victim disproportionately to hacking incidents, including ransomware attacks and data thefts - affecting large populations of patients. Why does this keep happening?

Incident Involved an Unnamed Third-Party VendorNew York City's municipal healthcare system is notifying nearly 2 million patients of a hacking incident discovered earlier this year involving a third-party vendor. The breach compromised a long list of information, including biometric data such as fingerprints.

Incidents Are Unrelated, Says NYC Health + HospitalsHackers had access to New York City's municipal healthcare system for nearly three months before being detected, stealing data of an undisclosed number of patients. The incident is the second hacking-related data breach within weeks involving a third-party firm hired by NYC Health + Hospitals.

Medical Device Manufacturer Hack Was Likely OpportunisticAn Iranian cyberattack on medical device maker Stryker's internal IT environment does not appear to affect connected products used by the company's healthcare clients. But an outage of Stryker's electronic ordering system could lead to supply chain issues for its customers.

Healthcare Hit Shows Symbols Matter as Iran Shifts Focus to Economic DamageCybersecurity experts say that the Handala "hacktivist" group that claimed credit for attacks against two American firms on Wednesday is run by the Iranian government. The shift to destructive cyberattacks parallels Iran's attempt to inflict greater economic damage on the United States and allies.

Compromise Affects Healthcare Clients of Co.'s Revenue Cycle Management ServicesBilling services vendor Trizetto Provider Solutions is notifying 3.4 million individuals of a hacking incident discovered in October 2025 that investigators have now determined started nearly a year earlier, when threat actors accessed the company's healthcare clients' insurance related data.

Attack Spotlights Threats, Risks Facing Healthcare Supply ChainUFP Technologies, a Massachusetts-based maker of single-use medical devices and other healthcare supplies, has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a cyber incident discovered on Valentine's Day that involved the theft or destruction of company data.

Reported Victim Tally in HCIactive's Health Data Theft Incident SoarsThe victim count in a 2025 hack against a Maryland-based firm that provides "AI-powered" administrative and technology services to healthcare practices soared to nearly 3.1 million nationwide, according to an updated breach report from Healthcare Interactive.

Breach Affected More Than a Dozen Healthcare Clients, 2.5M PatientsElectronic health records vendor Veradigm agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle consolidated class action litigation involving a December 2024 hacking incident discovered in mid-2025 that affected more than a dozen healthcare provider clients and about 2.5 million of their patients.

Ransomware Gang Qilin Had Claimed It Stole 852 GB of Health System's DataNearly half a million patients of a Catholic healthcare network that serves New England and parts of Pennsylvania began the new year by receiving notifications that hackers may have stolen their health information in a May 2025 hacking incident.

More Than 100,000 Affected by Hack Detected on Dec. 30The New Zealand government is probing a year-end ransomware hack of private healthcare service provider Manage My Health that impacted thousands of patients. Digital extortion group Kazu has claimed responsibility and threatened to leak the data on Jan. 15 unless it receives a $60,000 ransom.

National Accident Health Says Breach Exposed Medical Info of 181,000 PeopleA Maine-based third-party administrator that handles healthcare claims involving day care centers, youth sports and NCAA athlete accidents is notifying more than 181,000 individuals that their medical information and personal identifiers may have been accessed or stolen in a hacking incident.

Companies Are Among the Latest HIPAA Business Associates Revealing Recent HacksNew York-based medical supply fulfillment company Fieldtex is notifying its clients and more than 274,000 people about an August hack. Meanwhile, revenue cycle software firm TriZetto is also contacting its customer and patients about its own hacking incident.

Data Theft Incidents Are Among the Latest Hacks Against Specialty Medical ProvidersTwo specialty healthcare providers - a Florida-based firm that provides hospice services in several states and a Pennsylvania-based eye care practice - are notifying nearly 520,000 people that their sensitive health information was compromised in separate hacking incidents.

Multimillion Dollar Deal Resolves 27 Lawsuits After 2023 Email Storage HackA Tennessee federal court has approved a multimillion dollar settlement in consolidated class action litigation against HCA Healthcare in the wake of a 2023 email data theft hack that the publicly traded company reported as affecting nearly 11.3 million individuals.

March Breach Affected Nearly 5.6 Million; NextGen Proposed Settlement Also ReachedConnecticut's largest healthcare network - Yale New Haven Health System - has agreed to pay $18 million to settle class action litigation filed in the aftermath of a March hack affecting nearly 5.6 million people. The incident ranks as the biggest health data breach reported so far in 2025.

Recent Incidents Highlight Patient Record Cyber Risks Tied to Third-Party SuppliersVendor security risk has long been a source of pain for many healthcare providers. Veradigm - formerly Allscripts - and ApolloMD are among the latest software and services vendors reporting hacking incidents potentially triggering headaches for customers and their patients.

U.S. prosecutors last week levied criminal hacking charges against 19-year-old U.K. national Thalha Jubair for allegedly being a core member of Scattered Spider, a prolific cybercrime group blamed for extorting at least $115 million in ransom payments from victims. The charges came as Jubair and an alleged co-conspirator appeared in a London court to face accusations of hacking into and extorting several large U.K. retailers, the London transit system, and healthcare providers in the United States.