Glendale OBGYN Data Breach (2025)
Obstetrics and gynecology practice.
What this rating measures
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It is read against what is observed circulating, not what was announced. Five bands run from Low through Guarded, Elevated and High to Severe.
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- Circulating
- 34,211 rows
- Field types
- 4 seen
- Breach date
- 2025-11-13
- Observed as of
- 2026-10-28
- Attributed
- SafePay
- Vector
- Ransomware / Extortion
BreachListed in breach catalogues10 months laterNotice filed · HHS OCR breach portalObserved · scored
What data was exposed
How this data can be used against you
Identity
No usable identity package in what circulates.
Physical targeting
No usable location detail in what circulates.
Social engineering
Nothing in what circulates to build an approach on.
Account access
No usable login material in what circulates.
Financial
No usable financial detail in what circulates.
Coercion
Nothing in what circulates is sensitive enough for leverage.
Health
No medical detail in what circulates.
Crypto
Nothing in what circulates is tied to crypto assets.
Three key actions to take
Assume your home address is findable
Be wary of unexpected visitors, deliveries or messages that mention where you live. Ask people-search sites to remove your address, and check again every few months, because listings come back.
Freeze your credit, or confirm your freeze is in place
If you have not already, place a free freeze at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. If you have, sign in to each and confirm it is still on.
Get an IRS Identity Protection PIN
It stops anyone else from filing a tax return under your Social Security number.
Check whether you were affected
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What happened, what the company reported against what is circulating, the field-by-field record, the actor and the advisory.
- What happened
- Recent developments
- Reported and circulating
- Data points exposed
- Downstream risk
- Principal risk advisory
- Threat actor
- Background
- Data context
How this breach happened
Glendale Obstetrics and Gynecology, PC, an all-female women's health practice based in Glendale, Arizona, identified a network disruption on October 25, 2025 affecting a portion of its digital environment. The practice engaged outside cybersecurity specialists and confirmed that certain files were acquired by an unauthorized individual. The SafePay ransomware group claimed responsibility on November 11, 2025 by listing the clinic on its Tor-based dark-web leak site and threatening to release patient data unless ransom negotiations were initiated. Glendale OBGYN reported the breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on December 24, 2025.
The breach affected approximately 34,000 individuals based on records indexed by breach-tracking services. Compromised fields included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license information, Social Security numbers, medical information, and health insurance information. As an obstetrics and gynecology practice, the underlying records exfiltrated by the attackers also include reproductive-health treatment records, prenatal care histories, gynecological diagnoses, and ultrasound and imaging records typical of an OBGYN operation, beyond the more limited field set surfaced publicly.
For affected patients, the practical risk profile is unusually severe and durable because of the combination of identity-fraud exposure with reproductive-health-specific sensitivity. The combination of name, date of birth, address, and Social Security number is a strong base for synthetic identity fraud and fraudulent credit applications. Inclusion in the dataset confirms a women's-health care relationship and may reference pregnancy status, gynecological diagnoses, or reproductive-health decisions, which can support targeted scams referencing real care episodes. The sensitivity of reproductive-health information also raises concerns about coercive abuse, employer or partner targeting, and discrimination, particularly for patients who may not have shared their care history with family members or employers. Affected patients should freeze credit at all three U.S. bureaus, monitor health-insurance statements, and treat unsolicited contact referencing Glendale OBGYN, prenatal care, or related services with caution.
What has happened since the breach
Glendale OBGYN identified a network disruption on October 25, 2025 affecting a portion of its digital environment. The practice took immediate steps to secure the environment and engaged outside cybersecurity specialists. The SafePay ransomware group publicly claimed responsibility on November 11, 2025 by listing Glendale OBGYN on its Tor-based dark-web leak site and threatening to release stolen patient data unless ransom negotiations were initiated. Glendale OBGYN reported the breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on December 24, 2025 and began identifying contact information for direct notification of affected individuals. Class-action investigations by U.S. plaintiff law firms began organizing in late December 2025.
What was reported vs. what is circulating
Reported
- Status
- Confirmed by the company and a regulator
- Filed with
- HHS OCR breach portalHHS OCR breach portal, 2025-12-24
- Affected
- Not disclosed
- Fields named
- Not listed in the notice
Circulating
- Observed as of
- 2026-10-28
- Breach date
- 2025-11-13
- Volume
- 34,211 rows
- Fields seen
- 4Social Security number, email address, phone number, home address
The score is built only on what is seen circulating.
Every exposed field, and how long it stays useful
| Field | Shelf life | In notice | Circulating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security Number | Lasts for years | No | Yes |
| Email Address | Lasts for years | No | Yes |
| Phone Number | Fades over a few years | No | Yes |
| Home address | Lasts for years | No | Yes |
Shelf life is how long a field stays useful to someone holding it. A password expires fast. A government ID number or a date of birth lasts for years. An address stays useful long after it stops being current.
How attackers can use this data
Extremely sensitive. Exposure can enable identity theft, medical fraud, and serious privacy harm tied to reproductive and gynecological care, including targeted scams or coercive abuse.
Risks for executives and other high-profile people
A healthcare-linked breach: exposure ties a named individual to a provider relationship and, where clinical or insurance data is present, to conditions and treatment. For a high-profile principal this is targeting-grade, not merely identity-theft-grade: the combination lets an adversary locate, impersonate, or pressure the principal with little additional work.
Who is behind this breach
Attributed to SafePay.
Profile of SafePay and the other breaches in our records tied to it →
About the company
Glendale Obstetrics and Gynecology, PC (Glendale OBGYN) is an all-female obstetrics and gynecology practice with several locations in Arizona, headquartered in Glendale. The practice provides comprehensive women's health services including obstetrics, gynecology, prenatal care, ultrasounds, well-woman exams, and related reproductive-health services. As a HIPAA-regulated specialty medical practice focused on women's health, Glendale OBGYN maintains highly sensitive patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and reproductive-health treatment records, alongside diagnostic imaging, prenatal care histories, and gynecological diagnoses typical of an obstetrics and gynecology operation.
Why the company holds this data
OBGYN practices collect highly sensitive patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and reproductive-health treatment records across specialty care workflows.
About this record
The company has confirmed the breach but has not disclosed how many people are affected. The circulating figure, 34,211 rows, is what has been observed in the published data. Circulation was last verified on 2026-10-28. The score was last computed on 2026-10-28. Scores come from the Breach Risk Index, which rates what the exposed fields still let an attacker do, not how large the breach was. Breach records change as evidence does. If you hold a notice, a filing or a dataset observation this page does not reflect, report a correction.