5.5 Million Patients Affected by Data Breach at Yale New Haven Health 

Summary: Yale New Haven Health System has disclosed a significant data breach affecting the personal information of over 5.5 million patients. While patient care remained unaffected, hackers accessed sensitive data including names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. The incident may involve a ransomware attack, but no group has claimed responsibility yet.

Affected: Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS)

Keypoints :

• Data breach detected on March 8, impacting millions of patients’ personal information.
• Compromised data may include name, date of birth, address, phone number, email, race/ethnicity, SSN, and medical record number.
• No financial or employee HR information was compromised, and patient care was unaffected.
• Over 700 healthcare data breaches were reported in the U.S. last year, affecting over 180 million records.
• The potential ransomware attack may have prompted YNHHS to consider paying a ransom.