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VITAS Hospice Services

Disclosed Nov 19, 2025319,177 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

Compromised vendor account exposes 319,177 VITAS hospice patients

VITAS, the largest US for-profit hospice chain, said an attacker used a compromised vendor account to access its systems between September 21 and October 27, 2025 and view and download patient information; it identified the breach October 24.

What is known

People affected319,177 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedNov 19, 2025
DiscoveredOct 24, 2025
HappenedSep 21, 2025
AttackVendor breach
Data exposedNamesHealthOtherSocial Security numbersInsuranceDates of birthAddresses
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

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Notices filed

History of this record
data_types2026-09-25
["names","health","other"] to ["names","health","other","ssn","insurance","dob","addresses"]by backfillSource
attack2026-09-25
hacking to third-partyby seedSource
data_types2026-09-25
["names","health"] to ["names","health","other"]by seedSource
discovered2026-09-25
empty to 2025-10-24by seedSource
summary2026-09-25
empty to VITAS, the largest US for-profit hospice chain, said an attacker used a compromised vendor account to access its systems between September 21 and October 27, 2025 and view and download patient information; it identified the breach October 2by seedSource
title2026-09-25
empty to Compromised vendor account exposes 319,177 VITAS hospice patientsby seedSource
attack2026-09-25
unknown to hackingby backfillSource
data_types2026-09-25
[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource
records_basis2026-09-25
empty to hhsby backfillSource
records2026-09-25
empty to 319177by backfillSource
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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