6,494,914
Records Exposed
Mar 2023
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Feb 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
On March 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.GOV) was identified on a forum, indicating a security breach of this governmental site. Approximately 6.5 million records of doctors and healthcare professionals were compromised, revealing details such as country, address, taxonomy name, NPI name, phone numbers, and more.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
No Passwords
Category
Health
Indexed On
Feb 14, 2024
Breach Type
Database
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