2026 Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat — delayed notification of 65,648-person healthcare breach
Data compromised
Names, demographic details, dates of birth, medical and health insurance information, financial account/payment card data (including CVC/expiry), and Social Security numbers
Technical writeup
Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed and exfiltrated protected data from its systems in late 2024, with individual notices mailed on January 30, 2026 after data-mining and impact review completed. HIPAA Journal and class-action coverage described exposure of personal, medical, insurance, payment-card, and Social Security data and later settlement activity in 2026.
Root cause
Unauthorized third-party access and data exfiltration from provider systems (investigated with external support)