Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida Clinics 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida Breach (2025): Patient Medical Diagnoses & Contact Records Exposed
Pulmonary healthcare provider.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
65/100Breach Risk Index
25Data Value
40Market Recency
359dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida Clinics · Actor: BrainCipher · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Ransomware / Extortion
Profile: Healthcare provider · Pulmonary and respiratory care · Specialty clinic network · USA
Timeline: Breach (2025-02-19) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 2K records · 7 fields: Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Medical Diagnosis, Medication, Phone Number, Physical Address
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
In early 2025, Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida, a Miami-Dade pulmonary, critical-care, and sleep-medicine group, was hit by the BrainCipher ransomware group, which listed it on its dark-web leak site around February 19, 2025 with proof including a patient medication request and folders named with patient names and dates of birth. A DataBreach.com parse estimated about 2,028 records including names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, dates of birth, diagnoses, and medication information. The clinic had not publicly confirmed the breach as of the latest reporting.
ObscureIQ assessment: High risk of identity theft, medical fraud, and treatment-themed phishing. Respiratory-care data may also reveal chronic illness or disability status.
Breach Impact
Though the affected count is small (about 2,028), the exposure ties named patients to respiratory and sleep-medicine care and includes diagnoses and medication information, revealing chronic-illness or disability status. That creates medical-identity-fraud, extortion, and privacy risks and enables convincing treatment-themed scams, compounded by the clinic’s lack of public confirmation.
About Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida Clinics
Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida is a specialty medical group providing pulmonary, critical-care, and sleep-medicine services across hospitals in Miami-Dade and select Broward and Monroe county facilities. It maintains patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, and respiratory-treatment records.
Why They Hold Your Data
Pulmonary clinic networks collect patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and treatment records across respiratory and specialty care workflows.
Recent Developments
The BrainCipher ransomware group listed the practice on its leak site in February 2025 with proof including a patient medication request and folders labeled with patient names and dates of birth. The clinic had not publicly confirmed the incident as of the latest reporting; class-action investigations were opened.
Data Points Exposed
7 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name High
Medical Diagnosis Critical
Medication
Phone Number
Physical Address High
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:High
Primary downstream threats:
- Medical identity fraud and insurance abuse using diagnosis and medication data
- Extortion or embarrassment tied to respiratory/sleep conditions
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth
- Targeted phishing and vishing referencing pulmonary care
- Doxxing and physical targeting from exposed home addresses
Threat vectors:
- Medical extortion, insurance fraud & discrimination
- Identity verification bypass
- Name-based social engineering
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Physical stalking, mail fraud & identity verification
- Home targeting, stalking & physical threat
Threat Actor: BrainCipher
BrainCipher
Ransomware / Extortion
Attribution and method are based on available breach intelligence. Reported attack vector: Ransomware / Extortion.
Recommended Actions
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida Clinics breach?▾
In early 2025, Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida, a Miami-Dade pulmonary, critical-care, and sleep-medicine group, was hit by the BrainCipher ransomware group, which listed it on its dark-web leak site around February 19, 2025 with proof including a patient medication request and folders named…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Medical Diagnosis, Medication, Phone Number, Physical Address.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
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