The Vascular Experts 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
The Vascular Experts Surgical Practice Breach (2025): 154K Patient Records Including Medical Diagnoses, SSN & DOB Exposed
Vascular surgery and vein care practice.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
87/100Breach Risk Index
60Data Value
40Market Recency
344dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: The Vascular Experts · Actor: INC Ransom (INC_RANSOM) · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Ransomware / Extortion
Profile: Healthcare provider · Vascular and surgical care · Specialty medical practice · USA
Timeline: Breach (2025-05-07) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 154K records · 8 fields: Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Health Insurance, Medical Diagnosis, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
Suspicious activity was first identified on May 7, 2025 on the IT systems of the Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, part of The Vascular Experts. The INC Ransom (INC_RANSOM) group claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack. The organization confirmed the personal and medical information of more than 154,000 individuals was compromised, including full names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, detailed medical/treatment information, and health insurance details. The Vascular Experts engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and began notifying affected individuals; multiple class actions followed. The breach is catalogued by DataBreach.com. (Note: prior record count of 9,806 was a partial parse; the confirmed figure is 154,000+.)
ObscureIQ assessment: Severe risk of identity theft, medical fraud, and privacy harm. Specialty-care data can also support targeted scams related to procedures, treatment, or billing.
Breach Impact
The breach exposed identity, contact, and clinical data, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and detailed treatment and insurance information, for more than 154,000 patients with serious cardiovascular conditions. The exposure creates substantial identity-theft, medical-fraud, and privacy risk, adds credibility to treatment- and billing-themed scams, and has generated significant class-action liability.
About The Vascular Experts
The Vascular Experts is a network of board-certified vascular surgeons providing vein care and vascular surgery across Connecticut, operating locations including the Southern Connecticut Vascular Center. It maintains patient identity, insurance, billing, imaging, and treatment records tied to specialty cardiovascular and vascular care.
Why They Hold Your Data
Specialty vascular practices collect patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and treatment records tied to surgical and vascular care workflows.
Recent Developments
Following the May 2025 ransomware attack, The Vascular Experts investigated with third-party firms, notified law enforcement, and began notifying more than 154,000 affected individuals. Several class-action lawsuits have since been filed alleging inadequate data-security measures.
Data Points Exposed
8 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name High
Health Insurance
Medical Diagnosis Critical
Phone Number
Physical Address High
Social Security Number Critical
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:Critical
Primary downstream threats:
- Medical identity fraud and insurance abuse using treatment and insurance data
- Identity theft and synthetic identity construction using SSN and DOB
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth
- Targeted phishing and vishing referencing vascular/surgical care
- Doxxing and physical targeting from exposed home addresses
Threat vectors:
- Medical extortion, insurance fraud & discrimination
- Full identity theft & synthetic identity fraud
- 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: INC Ransom (INC_RANSOM)
INC Ransom (INC_RANSOM)
Ransomware / Extortion
Attribution and method are based on available breach intelligence. Reported attack vector: Ransomware / Extortion.
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Protect Your ID Documents
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Enable MFA Everywhere
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Report & Recover
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the The Vascular Experts breach?▾
Suspicious activity was first identified on May 7, 2025 on the IT systems of the Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, part of The Vascular Experts. The INC Ransom (INC_RANSOM) group claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack. The organization confirmed the personal and medical information of…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Health Insurance, Medical Diagnosis, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number.
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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