--- title: CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical... description: CareCloud has confirmed to federal regulators that hackers stole personal and medical records belonging to more than 3.75 million patients, making it the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach | daily.dev og:description: CareCloud has confirmed to federal regulators that hackers stole personal and medical records belonging to more than 3.75 million patients, making it the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qfX3jBv3V.png og:image:alt: CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CareCloud has confirmed to federal regulators that hackers stole personal and medical records belonging to more than 3.75 million patients, making it the fifth-largest healthcare data theft so far this year. The March breach, disclosed in an HHS filing, involved attackers exfiltrating data from CareCloud's AWS account over a six-day period. Stolen information includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical records, government IDs, and banking details. CareCloud's CEO Stephen Snyder has not responded to requests for comment. The incident follows other major healthcare breaches this year at TriZetto, Craneware, and DentaQuest. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many people were affected by the CareCloud data breach? More than 3.75 million people had their personal and medical records stolen in the CareCloud data breach, making it the fifth-largest healthcare data theft reported so far this year. The number was revised upward from an earlier figure after CareCloud's update to federal regulators. Stolen data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical records, government IDs, and banking information. _Track how healthcare data breaches unfold and scale by following security incident coverage on daily.dev._ ### How did hackers breach CareCloud's systems? Hackers exfiltrated patient data from CareCloud's Amazon Web Services account over a six-day period in March. CareCloud disclosed that attackers accessed medical data stored in one of its cloud storage environments, later confirming the data was pulled directly from its AWS environment. The company has not detailed the specific vulnerability or attack method exploited. _Developers securing cloud storage environments can follow breach postmortems like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breach](https://daily.dev/posts/trizetto-confirms-3-4m-people-s-health-and-personal-data-was-stolen-during-breach-cfnfamzy1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Thousands more learn their health info stolen from TriZetto](https://daily.dev/posts/thousands-more-learn-their-health-info-stolen-from-trizetto-dty784ghh) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies](https://daily.dev/posts/hackers-stole-significant-amount-of-data-from-tech-firm-relied-on-by-thousands-of-us-hospitals-and-u0jj6utyo) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [15.8M medical records stolen from French health ministry](https://daily.dev/posts/15-8m-medical-records-stolen-from-french-health-ministry-wf933jtn2) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#healthcare](https://daily.dev/tags/healthcare), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T13:07:31.577Z","dateModified":"2026-08-20T00:29:09.176Z","description":"CareCloud has confirmed to federal regulators that hackers stole personal and medical records belonging to more than 3.75 million patients, making it the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e77a26f2153802ea2b29956b04bb48c8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e77a26f2153802ea2b29956b04bb48c8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,aws,healthcare,data-breach","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/carecloud-confirms-3-7m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach-qfx3jbv3v#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many people were affected by the CareCloud data breach?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"More than 3.75 million people had their personal and medical records stolen in the CareCloud data breach, making it the fifth-largest healthcare data theft reported so far this year. 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