Freedman HealthCare Data Breach Investigation

The data breach lawyers at The Lyon Firm are investigating a report by Breachsense suggesting the ransomware group, World Leaks, stole over 52GB of Freedman data. This has not been confirmed by the healthcare entity, and an investigating is ongoing. Contact our firm to discuss this case or to consider taking legal action following another data theft incident. We represent plaintiffs nationwide and we have settled numerous data breach lawsuits on behalf of victims and families.

What Happened at Freedman HealthCare?

The cybercriminal gang World Leaks, formerly known as Hunters International, claims to have breached Freedman HealthCare, a data and analytics firm whose customers include state agencies, health providers, and insurance companies. The group has threatened to release the data if a ransom is not paid on time.

Freedman HealthCare is a consulting firm specializing in designing shared health data infrastructure, policy design, analytics, performance measurement, and public reporting. The company did not respond to initial inquiries about the allegations. If true, this breach could expose financial and protected health information belonging to hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Freedman Healthcare CEO John Freedman did release the following statement: “In late April we discovered a security incident that compromised a limited portion of our IT system. Upon discovering the incident, we immediately engaged external cybersecurity experts to secure our network and perform a thorough forensic investigation. The investigation determined that the incident only impacted one file server and did not affect any protected health information of any of our clients.”

A researcher following the incident said World Leaks did release some information. Stay tuned for more information as the story unfolds.