AdaptHealth confirmed that a July-discovered cyberattack exposed data belonging to 4.1 million people, with the incident attributed to the ShinyHunters threat group. The breach stemmed from a social engineering attack that compromised a third-party contractor account and affected patient and health-related information. #AdaptHealth #ShinyHunters
Keypoints
- AdaptHealth confirmed a breach affecting 4,115,802 individuals.
- The attack was discovered in July and linked to ShinyHunters.
- Attackers accessed cloud-based business applications and patient systems.
- The intrusion began on June 5 through social engineering of a contractor account.
- Exposed data may include names, contact details, insurance, and health information.