Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries critical risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Identity theft and synthetic identity construction using government-issued IDs
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
- Employment-based social engineering using job and employer data
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In March 2023, DC Health Link discovered a data breach that was later publicly posted to a popular data breach forum. The impacted data included 48k unique email addresses alongside names, genders, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers.and "IntelBroker".
As this breach has been flagged as sensitive,
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About DC Health Link
Health insurance marketplace for the District of Columbia.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 48K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Recommended Actions
⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In March 2023, DC Health Link experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 48K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as date of birth, email address, employer, ethnicity or race:ethnicity, full name.
Approximately 48K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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