Health Now Networks 2017 Data Breach
Healthcare / Medical
Health Now Networks 2017 Data Breach
A telemarketing service.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
34/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Moderate: notable exposure with meaningful misuse potential.
Data Sensitivity i
ElevatedExposed data raises the risk of fraud, targeting, and impersonation. Proactive steps are warranted.
322KRecords
2017Year
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
PHI / MedicalHealth Information; Health Insurance Information
AddressPhysical address
Breach Summary
In March 2017, the telemarketing service Health Now Networks left a database containing hundreds of thousands of medical records exposed. There were over 900,000 records in total containing significant volumes of personal information including names, dates of birth, various medical conditions and operator notes on the individuals' health. The data included over 320k unique email addresses.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine
Querying breach corpus…
Cross-referencing exposed field types…
Resolving threat-actor attribution…
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322K records analyzed
About Health Now Networks
Health Now Networks is a telemarketing service.
Why They Hold Your Data
Health Now Networks is a telemarketing service. Services like this typically hold dates of birth, email addresses, names, gender, health information, health insurance information, IP addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions, social graph through account registration and normal operations.
Recent Developments
The Health Now Networks dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.
Data Points Exposed
11 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name
Gender
Health Information High
Health Insurance Information High
IP Address
Phone Number
Physical address High
Security Question / Answer High
Social Graph
Breach Impact
The exposure created downstream fraud and phishing risk for those affected and drew scrutiny of Health Now Networks's data protection.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
• 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
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
- Treat the home address as exposed: review mail and package handling and physical-security routines, and brief household staff to verify unusual requests.
- Watch for medical-benefit fraud and health-themed phishing that references real provider relationships.
- Guard against SIM-swap and vishing: add a carrier port-out PIN and verify any 'support' calls independently.
- 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 and footprint neutralization: cross-reference against broker-available data and suppress still-removable elements, prioritizing address and phone, since this record re-seeds broker networks.
- ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).
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