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Millions of NYC Health + Hospital patients’ personal data exposed to cybercriminals in data breach, class action lawsuit claims

Millions of NYC Health + Hospitals patients and staff are at lifelong risk of identity theft after a data breach exposed their personal data — including

The suit alleges the city’s largest public health system failed to use proper data protection measures on its systems that store patient and staff data, giving hackers easy access to comb through and sell millions of people’s biometric data, like fin… [2746 chars]

Source: AM New York | Published: 2026-06-05T20:35:00Z

Credit: AM New York

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