Central Florida Hand Specialists 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
Central Florida Hand Specialists (Orlando) Breach (2025): Patient Medical, SSN & Driver's License Records Exposed via Rhysida
Orthopedic hand and upper-extremity specialty practice.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
86/100Breach Risk Index
57Data Value
40Market Recency
281dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Central Florida Hand Specialists · Actor: Rhysida · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Ransomware / Extortion
Profile: Healthcare provider · Hand and orthopedic care · Specialty clinic network · USA
Timeline: Breach (2025-07-08) · Indexed (Sep 30, 2025) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 43K records · 9 fields: Date of Birth, Driver's License, Email Address, Full Name, Health Insurance, Medical Diagnosis, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
Central Florida Hand Specialists, an Orlando-area hand and upper-extremity orthopedic practice, was hit by the Rhysida ransomware group, which claimed the attack on July 8, 2025 and posted sample data on its dark-web leak site. Exposed data may include names, dates of birth, contact details, driver's license/state ID copies, Social Security numbers, medical records, insurance information, and possibly payment information, for patients and employees. A DataBreach.com record cites ~42,864 records; an official individual count was not clearly established.
ObscureIQ assessment: High risk of identity theft, medical fraud, and targeted healthcare scams. Specialty-care records may also reveal injury status or treatment history.
Breach Impact
The exposure combined identity, government-ID, and clinical data (Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, health insurance, and medical records) tied to hand and upper-extremity care, creating identity-theft, medical-fraud, and insurance-abuse risk. Injury/surgery context supports credible treatment-, workers-comp-, and billing-themed scams.
About Central Florida Hand Specialists
Central Florida Hand Specialists is an orthopedic practice in the Orlando, Florida area specializing in hand and upper-extremity surgery and care. It maintains patient identity, insurance, billing, imaging, and treatment records tied to surgical and rehabilitative hand care.
Why They Hold Your Data
Specialty hand and orthopedic clinics collect patient identity, contact, insurance, billing, appointment, and treatment records across surgical and rehabilitative care workflows.
Recent Developments
The Rhysida ransomware group claimed an attack on Central Florida Hand Specialists, posting on its dark-web leak site on July 8, 2025 with sample data and threatening to publish the stolen files. Class-action investigations followed; a confirmed affected-individual count was not clearly established.
Data Points Exposed
9 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Driver's License Critical
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:
- Full identity theft and synthetic identity construction using SSN, DOB, and driver’s license
- Medical identity fraud and insurance abuse using diagnosis and insurance data
- Targeted phishing and vishing referencing hand surgery, injury, or workers-comp
- Doxxing and physical targeting from exposed home addresses
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
Threat vectors:
- Full identity theft & synthetic identity fraud
- Medical extortion, insurance fraud & discrimination
- Identity fraud with official bodies
- Name-based social engineering
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Physical stalking, mail fraud & identity verification
- Home targeting, stalking & physical threat
Threat Actor: Rhysida
Rhysida
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 Central Florida Hand Specialists breach?▾
Central Florida Hand Specialists, an Orlando-area hand and upper-extremity orthopedic practice, was hit by the Rhysida ransomware group, which claimed the attack on July 8, 2025 and posted sample data on its dark-web leak site. Exposed data may include names, dates of birth, contact details,…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Date of Birth, Driver's License, 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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