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NYC Health + Hospitals loses biometrics in vendor breach
Medical, insurance and ID records were taken, along with fingerprints and palm prints.
- Organisation
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- Disclosed
- 18 May 2026
- Affected
- 1,800,000
- Data
- Medical, insurance, IDs, biometrics
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “NYC Health + Hospitals loses biometrics in vendor breach”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 18 May 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-05-18-nyc-health-hospitals-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/biggest-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-of-may-2026.
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