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CareCloud Notifies More Than 345,000 Patients About Cyberattack Data Theft

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CareCloud, a New Jersey-based health technology company that provides electronic health records and related clinical services, has notified more than 345,000 patients that their data was stolen in a cyberattack. The company offers cloud-based and AI-assisted tools used by healthcare providers across the country.

Why this matters: Health records are not like a leaked password you can reset. They follow you. Medical history, diagnoses, billing details — once that data is out, patients have no way to take it back. CareCloud sits in the middle of the care system, touching records across many providers, which means one breach reaches far beyond one clinic. Patients affected here likely had no direct relationship with CareCloud and no say in how their information was stored. That is the part worth sitting with.

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