Amplifon Americas breach affects 1.3 million, including medical data

· Cybersecurity · United States · Italy

The U.S. arm of international hearing aid company Amplifon has been notifying customers about a data breach that occurred early this year and included medical information. SecurityWeek reported that the Amplifon Americas breach affects 1.3 million people, and that hackers stole personal, health and insurance information, including Social Security numbers, from the company's internal systems. The company is contacting affected individuals. The disclosure places a medical-device and hearing-care provider among the health-sector organizations reporting intrusions of internal systems holding sensitive patient records.

Why it matters：Health data carries elevated regulatory and legal exposure, so a breach at a hearing-care provider underscores how medical-device and audiology firms holding patient records are expanding targets.

Key points

  • The breach affected 1.3 million people, per SecurityWeek.
  • Stolen data included health, insurance and Social Security information.
  • The intrusion occurred early this year, per the customer notices.

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