Breachesby GlyphNYC Health + Hospitals
Disclosed Mar 10, 202658,778 affectedConfirmed
NYC Health + Hospitals vendor breach exposes medical data and fingerprints of 1.8M
NYC Health + Hospitals said a third-party vendor breach between November 2025 and February 2026 exposed medical, insurance, billing and ID data plus fingerprints and palm prints of at least 1.8 million people. It reported the breach to HHS.
What is known
| People affected | 58,778 (as reported to HHS) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Discovered | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Attack | Vendor breach |
| Data exposed | HealthInsuranceFinancialSocial Security numbersGovernment IDsBiometricsLocationNames |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
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Notices filed
Other breaches at NYC Health + Hospitals
Hacking breachHacking exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS OCR.5,728 affectedHealthcareUSJun 6, 2025Insider breachInsider exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.3,000 affectedHealthcareUSDec 2, 2022Hacking breachHacking exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.44K affectedHealthcareUSJun 30, 2021Backup tapes with records of 1.7 million patients stolen from contractor's vanLost or stolen device exposed names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health records and insurance details.Lost or stolen device1.7M affectedHealthcareUSFeb 11, 2011
History of this record
2026-05-18 to 2026-03-10by backfillSource
["health","insurance","financial","ssn","government-id","biometrics","location"] to ["health","insurance","financial","ssn","government-id","biometrics","location","names"]by backfillSource
empty to hhsby backfillSource
empty to 58778by backfillSource
First recordedby seedSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.