Covenant Health Data Breach Impacts 478,000 Individuals
Jan 02, 2026
SecurityWeek
data breach
Covenant Health, a Massachusetts-based healthcare provider, disclosed a significant data breach affecting 478,188 individuals after a ransomware attack on May 18, 2025. The breach exposed sensitive personal and health information including names, ...
My Take: Props to Covenant for not paying—refusing to fund criminal operations is the right call even when it hurts. But here's the hard truth: if Qilin got in and exfiltrated 478k records, your HIPAA "compliance" program failed at the only job that actually matters.
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