2026 Advantage Home Health Care — Jun server access; ~19,851; SSNs/PHI (Gentlemen claimed)
Data compromised
Patients: name, DOB, SSN, address, phone, medical conditions/care; Employees: name, DOB, SSN, address, phone, employment; health-plan enrollees may include insurance/claims/provider/benefits data (company notice). ~19,851 individuals (Claim Depot / HHS OCR reporting).
Technical writeup
Verified company notice — Advantage Home Health Care (advantagehhc.com) published a Notice of Data Breach: unauthorized access to a server discovered June 16, 2026; acquisition confirmed June 26; original access June 9. Patient and employee PII/PHI including SSNs; Cyberscout monitoring offered; federal law enforcement notified. Consumer notices / HHS OCR disclosure ~August 25, 2026; Claim Depot cites ~19,851 impacted. Earlier (~July 17) TheGentlemen listed the firm on a leak site (previously cataloged as unverified). companyConfirmed true; recordsAffected 19851.
Root cause
Unauthorized third-party access to a computer server beginning June 9, 2026 (company notice); TheGentlemen leak-site claim observed ~July 17 (actor claim)
References
- https://www.advantagehhc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Advantage-Home-Health-Care-Website-Notice-of-Data-Breach-4900-5248-5066-v1.pdf
- https://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1429-advantage-home-health-care/download
- https://www.claimdepot.com/data-breach/advantage-home-care-2026
- https://www.classaction.org/data-breach-lawsuits/advantage-home-health-care-july-2026
- https://www.ransomware.live/id/QWR2YW50YWdlIEhvbWUgSGVhbHRoIENhcmVAdGhlZ2VudGxlbWVu