Health Now Networks data breach: 321K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-04-07
In March 2017, the telemarketing service Health Now Networks left a database containing hundreds of thousands of medical records exposed. There were over 900,000 records in total containing significant volumes of personal information including names, dates of birth, various medical conditions and operator notes on the individuals' health. The data included over 320k unique email addresses. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, genders, health insurance information, ip addresses, names, personal health data, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, social connections. The breach dates from Mar 25, 2017; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Apr 7, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Health Now Networks account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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