345,000 Americans Warned Following CareCloud AWS Breach, Sensitive Personal, Financial and Medical Records at Risk
A major healthcare technology firm has started sending notifications to hundreds of thousands of patients about the theft of their medical records and personal details.
The New Jersey company CareCloud, which supports patient records for more than 45,000 providers nationwide, confirmed unauthorized access to one of its electronic health record databases hosted on Amazon Web Services, reports TechCrunch.
In its March disclosure, CareCloud said that an unauthorized entity had temporary access to its system. The firm said the incident was contained on the day it was discovered.
“On March 16, 2026, CareCloud, Inc. (the ‘Company’) experienced a temporary network disruption in its CareCloud Health division that partially impacted the functionality and data access to 1 of its 6 electronic health record environments for approximately 8 hours until the Company fully restored all functionality and data access during that evening.
Upon discovery of this incident, the Company promptly reported the matter to its cybersecurity carrier and engaged a leading cyber response advisory team, which is part of a Big Four accounting firm, to perform external cybersecurity work and to assist with securing the environment, as well as to conduct a comprehensive IT forensic investigation to determine the nature and scope of this incident.”
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