Security News > 2023 > November > Pharmacy provider Truepill data breach hits 2.3 million customers
Postmeds, doing business as 'Truepill,' is sending notifications of a data breach informing recipients that threat actors accessed their sensitive personal information.
Truepill is a B2B-focused pharmacy platform that uses APIs for order fulfillment and delivery services for direct-to-consumer brands, digital health companies, and other healthcare organizations across all 50 states in the U.S. Regarding the number of impacted individuals, According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights breach portal the incident incident impacts 2,364,359 people.
Some of the people receiving the data breach notices were somewhat puzzled, claiming they had never heard of the company and were unsure how their data got to Truepill.
Specifically, Postmeds is blamed for not encrypting sensitive healthcare information stored on its servers, which would significantly lessen the impact of a data breach.
TransForm says ransomware data breach affects 267,000 patients.
McLaren Health Care says data breach impacted 2.2 million people.
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