Healthtech Firm CareCloud Data Breach Impacts 3.7 Million Patients
CareCloud said hackers exfiltrated records from its Amazon Web Services account, making the breach the fifth-largest health data theft of 2026 so far.
- On Monday, CareCloud detailed a March data breach in a filing with the Department of Health and Human Services , confirming that hackers stole personal and medical records of more than 3.75 million patients.
- Hackers accessed the company's Amazon Web Services account over six days, exfiltrating sensitive files including patients' names, postal addresses, Social Security numbers, and banking information.
- The CareCloud incident ranks as the fifth-largest health data theft in 2026, trailing DentaQuest's breach affecting at least 15 million people and incidents at TriZetto and Craneware this year.
- CareCloud Chief Executive Stephen Snyder has not responded to inquiries regarding the incident, leaving unanswered questions about whether the company paid hackers or who oversees cybersecurity.
- The New Jersey-based company provides electronic medical record storage to tens of thousands of providers across the United States, reflecting the scale of risk following sizable healthcare breaches this year.
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Health Data Giant: Hackers Stole Records Of Millions
TechCrunch reports: Hackers have stolen the personal information and medical records of more than 3.75 million people in a data breach at health data giant CareCloud, the company has confirmed with federal regulators. The disclosure marks the first confirmation of the scale of the data breach, which is now confirmed to be the fifth-largest theft of health data in 2026 so far. CareCloud detailed the March data breach in a filing with the Departme…
Healthtech firm CareCloud reveals March 2026 data breach impacted 3.7 million patients
CareCloud confirmed March 16 2026 cyberattack exposed data of 3.7 million individualsAttackers accessed one AWS environment, stealing personal records including namesIncident deemed non‑material but may incur remediation, legal, and reputational costsThe March 2026 cyberattack on CareCloud exposed sensitive data on 3.7 million people, the company has confirmed.The American IT healthcare company had told the US Securities and Exchange Commission …
Data belonging to 3.75 million patients was exposed in the CareCloud breach – not the 350,000 originally reported
The number of victims affected in the CareCloud breach has been revised from 350,000 to roughly 3.75 million, the company has revealed.The American medical record storage first confirmed it had been breached back in March, with hackers gaining access to medical data held in its cloud over six whole days. According to regulatory filings from CareCloud at the time, the intrusion was spotted on 16 March. An investigation into the incident found an …
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