Camden, New Jersey established Cooper Health System was informed about an incident with data security that could have influenced the data from “certain current and former patients”.
Posted websiteThe health system with three hospitals in southern New Jersey said that on March 26, 2025 it learned that certain personal, protected health information “accessible and acquired” without permission by an unknown actor was “accessible” around 14 May 2024.
In May 2024, Cooper said that it became aware of abnormal network activity and immediately took steps to secure his systems.
“We have also engaged cyber security experts to help with this process and to conduct an investigation into what happened and to determine whether no Cooper data has been accessible or obtained without permission,” said Cooper in the notification.
During the investigation, Cooper discovered that certain data stored in its systems were possible without permission.
Cooper said it started with an evaluation of the affected data to identify the people and information involved, which was closed on March 26, 2025. It then took steps to inform the people who were probably affected.
The potentially affected information included the names of individuals, birth dates, sofi numbers, information about health insurance, treatment information, medical records and information about medical history.
The company said that not all data elements were affected for all persons.
Cooper stated that it reported the incident to the FBI and took steps to improve network security and to minimize the risk of a similar incident that takes place in the future.
According to the statement, Cooper stated that it is not aware of the abuse of possible affected information from individuals.
The notification outlines steps that individuals can take to protect themselves and their personal information, including advising them to inform their financial institution of suspicious activities.
In the meantime, Cooper set up a free call center to answer questions about the incident and tackle related problems.
Representatives from Callcenter are available from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm et, excluding holidays and can be reached on 1-877-623-0094.
The larger trend
In April, Blue Shield from California reported 4.7 million people of a potential data breach after unconsciously sharing the protected health information of patients with Google in 2021.
Blue Shield used Google Analytics to keep track of certain Blue Shield websites of members.
The health insurer stated that the possible compromised information from insurance plans, types and group numbers includes, as well as personal data such as the name of the patient, the gender, the location, the family size and the financial responsibility of the patient.
Blue Shield stated that “the connection with Google Ads and Google Analytics in January 2024” a year before it became aware of the years of data collection “broken”.
In 2023, Monument and Tempest have unconsciously shared the personal information of the users for several years with external advertisers, according to a Data infringement Placed at the Attorney General of California.
In the notification, Monument stated that the Pixel tracking technologies used from companies such as Meta, Google, Bing and Pinterest “without the correct authorization, permission or agreements that are required by law.”
The shared information can include name, date of birth, e -mail address, telephone number, address, insurance member -IP address, selected services, assessment or survey, answers, appointment information, associated health information and other details.
Monument told MobiHealthNews that fewer than 100,000 people were hit. In the report, the company stated that an internal assessment found that sharing data started in January 2020 for Monument -Members and in November 2017 for Tempest users.
That same year, medical aid company Insulet has issued a notification of a data breach that may have affected the protected health information of 29,000 users of the recently recalled Omnipod Dash insulin management system.
In April, The Hipaa Journal only reported 58 infringements in March – The lowest total for the month of March since 2022, and a reduction of 46% compared to the 98 infringements reported in March 2023.
In connection with this, the number of people affected by data breaches in health care, for the third consecutive month to just over 1.7 million people, decreases a reduction of 23% compared to February and a reduction of 43.8% since January.
The number of people affected in March was 76.2% lower than the monthly average last year. Excluding the infringement of the change in health care – which was an out of a bit in terms of the size and impact – on average almost 7.4 million people were affected by data breaks in health care every month.
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