Deaconess Health System 2026 Data Breach
Healthcare / Hospital System / Consumer
Deaconess Health System 2026 Data Breach: Patient PHI Exposed via MediCopy Vendor Incident
Regional health system based in Evansville, Indiana.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
100/100
Lower riskHigher risk
High and current: recent, valuable data circulating on the dark web now.
Data Sensitivity i
ElevatedExposed data raises the risk of fraud, targeting, and impersonation. Proactive steps are warranted.
67k rowsRecords
2026Year
The Breach Risk Index (BRI) is a proprietary 0–100 score rating how dangerous a breach is right now, based on how recently the data has been circulating on the dark web and how valuable it is to attackers.
Crucial data exposed
SSNSocial Security Number
PHI / MedicalHealth Insurance Information; Medical Diagnosis; Medical Record Number
Breach Summary
On January 13, 2026 an unauthorized actor accessed and downloaded files from the cloud platform of Deaconess's third-party vendor MediCopy; Deaconess discovered the impact February 2, 2026. Exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical record numbers, dates of service, health-insurance IDs and treatment records. Deaconess reported 8,941 individuals affected.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
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67k rows records analyzed
About Deaconess Health System
Deaconess Health System is a regional not-for-profit hospital and clinic system serving Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Why They Hold Your Data
A hospital system holds patient identity and contact data, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and, in clinical records, diagnoses, test results and treatment history (PHI).
Recent Developments
Deaconess disclosed a March 2026 breach traced to its records-release vendor MediCopy rather than its own systems.
Data Points Exposed
6 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Full Name
Health Insurance Information High
Medical Diagnosis Critical
Medical Record Number High
Social Security Number Critical
Breach Impact
As a HIPAA-covered system affected through a vendor, Deaconess faced OCR notification and litigation; the incident underscored records-release vendor risk.
Principal Risk Advisory
What this means for a principal
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.
What You Should Do
- Freeze credit at all three bureaus and monitor for new-account and tax-refund fraud.
- Watch for medical-benefit fraud and health-themed phishing that references real provider relationships.
- Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.
How ObscureIQ Can Help
- Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
- Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
- ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).
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