Cencora
Disclosed Feb 27, 20242 years agoConfirmed
Cencora data theft exposes patient health and medication information
Pharmaceutical distributor Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) disclosed in an SEC filing that it learned on February 21, 2024 that data had been exfiltrated from its systems. Patient data it held for drug maker support programs, including names, addresses, birth dates, diagnoses and medications, was taken, and by August it had notified over a million people.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Discovered | Feb 21, 2024 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Addresses, Dates of birth, Health |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Cencora, Inc. Form 8-K, Item 1.05 (2024-02-27)sec.gov · SEC filing | SEC filing |
| Cencora, Inc. Form 8-K/A, Item 1.05 (2024-07-31)sec.gov · SEC filing | SEC filing |
| US pharma giant Cencora says Americans' health information stolen in data breachtechcrunch.com · News | News |
| Pharma giant Cencora is alerting millions about its data breachtechcrunch.com · News | News |
Notices filed
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to health · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names","addresses","dob","health"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2024-02-21 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to Pharmaceutical distributor Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) disclosed in an SEC filing that it learned on February 21, 2024 that data had been exfiltrated from its systems. Patient data it held for drug maker support programs, including · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: Material cybersecurity incident reported to the SEC (8-K Item 1.05) to Cencora data theft exposes patient health and medication information · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (SEC 8-K), confirmed by SEC 8-K. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.