2026 Emanuel Medical Center (Turlock, CA) — 28,963 individuals (hospital network intrusion)
Data compromised
Names, SSNs, DOB, driver’s licenses, insurance data, diagnoses, treatment, prescriptions, medical history, labs
Technical writeup
Emanuel Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Turlock, California, reported unauthorized access to computer systems between approximately May 21 and May 24, 2025, with detection on May 22, 2025. The incident exposed PHI and PII including names, DOB, contact information, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance and patient identifiers, diagnoses, treatment, prescriptions, medical history, and lab results. Consumer mail notifications began around February 2026; class-action and privacy summaries circulated in March 2026.
Root cause
Unauthorized network access to hospital systems