Western Orthopaedics Data Breach
Status: Confirmed
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Western Orthopaedics · Actor: Unknown · Source: DataBreach.com / ObscureIQ intelligence
Attack: Ransomware via Phishing
Timeline: Breach (Sep, 2025) · Reported (Oct, 2025) · Leak (Oct, 2025)
Exposure: 193K+ records · Social Security Number, Email, Phone Number, Name, Home Address, Medical Diagnosis
Status: Confirmed · Risk: High (Identity theft + Medical identity fraud)
Summary
Summary: Western Orthopaedics P.C. (Denver Colorado) was listed by the PEAR ransomware group around Sep 30 2025 with third-party trackers confirming the claim on Oct 4. The company has not posted a public notice as of today. External write-ups describe data-exfiltration (not proven encryption) and reference PHI. Key Facts
Entity: Western Orthopaedics P.C. (brand: Western Orthopaedics) Domain: western-ortho.com Sector & Location: Healthcare – Colorado USA Type/Vector: Ransomware & data exfiltration (claimed by PEAR ) Status: Claimed (unconfirmed) – no regulator or company notice located yet. Timeline: Estimated incident Sep 30 2025 ; listing observed Oct 4 2025 Impact: External blogs speculate on totals (e.g. “108k+ patients”) but these figures are unverified. Our parse at databreach.com revealed 135 300 home addresses 66 600 SSNs 37 700 emails & 193 000 phones . Threat Actor: PEAR (aka “Pure Extraction And Ransom”) – active since mid-2025. Company Response:, No public breach notice on the site and no listing on OCR as of this writing.
Context & Details PEAR’s listing for Western Orthopaedics appears on group trackers with an attack date of Sep 30 2025 and discovery on Oct 4 2025 . Independent posts summarizing the leak page describe it as data-leak exfiltration with no ransom amount disclosed in visible materials. Until the company or a regulator confirms treat all specifics from the threat-actor page as allegations. Risk / What It Means SSNs & home addresses raise identity-theft risk; emails & phones increase targeted phishing/social-engineering risk; any clinical records would elevate medical-fraud risk. What Affected People Can Do Consider credit freezes or fraud alerts; watch EOBs/claims for irregularities; be cautious with calls texts, and emails referencing orthopedic care.
About Western Orthopaedics
Western Orthopaedics is the organization affected by this breach. User data may have been generated through account creation, service usage, or business operations.
If you have interacted with Western Orthopaedics in any capacity, your data may be included in this breach.
Threat Actor: Unknown
The threat actor responsible for this breach has not been publicly identified or confirmed at this time.
- Phishing
Breach Exploitation Status
High
Status
Detected
Possible
Detected
Possible
Unknown
Indefinite (critical identifiers)
SSNs and government IDs never expire. This data can be used for identity theft years or decades after exposure.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 193K+ records has been identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Impact
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Targeted phishing referencing Western Orthopaedics accounts or services
- Identity theft using exposed Social Security Numbers
- Medical identity fraud and insurance scams
- SIM-swap attempts where phone numbers are present
- Physical mail scams and address-based identity verification fraud
- Data broker enrichment and resale
Recommendations for Impacted Individuals
If you believe your information may be included:
Non-clients may request a breach impact review.
Western Orthopaedics account updates
Medical billing or insurance notices
Password reset requests
Verify directly through official channels.
Email compromise is often the first pivot point.
Frequently Asked Questions
In Sep, 2025, Western Orthopaedics experienced a data breach that resulted in the exposure of approximately 193K+ records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes Social Security Number, Email, Phone Number, Name, Home Address, Medical Diagnosis.
Approximately 193K+ records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
Yes. This breach is treated as confirmed based on data observed in breach intelligence platforms.
Data circulation has been detected across breach-sharing channels. Downstream exploitation risk exists based on the nature of the exposed fields.
Rotate passwords associated with Western Orthopaedics, enable multi-factor authentication on email and financial accounts, and monitor for suspicious activity.
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