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Healthcare Data Breaches

Incidents in which patient records or other sensitive data are stolen from hospitals, clinics, or the software vendors that serve them.

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Poland's MyDr attacker breached a second clinic-software vendor, Zaufana Trzecia Strona reports

Fingerprint, who took data on over 18 million Poles from MyDr, stole Qbusoft's Medyc.pl patient database by SQL injection, Zaufana Trzecia Strona reports. Qbusoft is the second Polish medical-practice software vendor the actor has breached, and one Inowrocław clinic has had patient data taken in both leaks.

Publishers:zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption30
Hype gap+5
Incentives
Insufficient
Confidence55
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SQL injection in Qbusoft's Medyc software exposed Polish patients' PESEL numbers

Qbusoft confirmed an attacker stole patient data from its Medyc clinic software through an SQL injection flaw that went unnoticed for about 17 days. It is the second Polish clinic-software supplier to lose ID numbers in weeks, after MyDr lost data on nearly 19 million people in August.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
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Builder 28%
Operator
Operator 54%
Investor
Investor 18%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+5
Incentives55
Confidence72
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DC Medicaid agency's public reports carried hidden records on 399,086 people behind enrollment counts

DC's Department of Health Care Finance says two public summary reports exposed underlying records on 399,086 people. The data sat behind pages built to show enrollment counts and was reachable from 2023 until July 2026, when the agency found and pulled the reports.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 15%
Operator
Operator 78%
Investor
Investor 7%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives55
Confidence70