Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients

U.S. healthcare IT company CareCloud disclosed that the data breach incident it suffered earlier this year has impacted more than 3.7 million individuals.

The healthcare technology organization is publicly traded and provides electronic health records, medical billing, practice management, and revenue-cycle services.

The company disclosed the incident in March via a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), noting that the attack caused an 8-hour network disruption on its platform and cut access to one of its databases.

At the time, the firm said the compromised environment contained patient data, indicating the risk of sensitive medical information being stolen.

Following the incident, CareCloud launched an investigation to determine its scope and how many people were potentially impacted.