Massive Patient Data Breach Hits Healthcare Company in Nashville

Personal information of potentially tens of millions of HCA Healthcare patients has been stolen and is being sold on a data breach forum. The breach, affecting patients in nearly two dozen states, compromised critical personal information such as full names, cities, and details of their last provider visit. While HCA claims no clinical information was disclosed, a hacking group provided a sample set of data that contradicts this claim. The breach does not appear to include critical medical records, but the hacker claims to have emails with health diagnoses corresponding to client IDs.