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#9 BleepingComputer general August 19, 2026 at 20:07 UTC

Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

Healthcare IT firm CareCloud confirmed that a breach of its electronic health record environment — during which an attacker spent eight hours inside the system — ultimately affected 3,756,469 individuals, far exceeding the initially estimated 350,000. The HHS breach tracker now reflects the full impact, making this one of the larger healthcare data breaches reported in 2026.

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