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
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
- Medical identity fraud or insurance abuse using health data
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In May 2023, WVU Medecine, a academic healthcare system based in United States, suffered unauthorized access to its systems, leading to the exposure of approximately 2.9M records containing account balance, email address, full name, medical diagnosis, phone number, physical address.
Credential data was included in the breach, creating risk for account takeover across platforms where passwords may have been reused. Medical or health-related data was present in the breach, raising concerns about healthcare fraud and privacy violations.
The incident has been cataloged by DataBreach.com. ObscureIQ has independently verified and classified this breach as part of its ongoing threat intelligence operations.
About WVU Medecine
Academic health system affiliated with West Virginia University.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 2.9M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In May 2023, WVU Medecine experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 2.9M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as account balance, email address, full name, medical diagnosis, phone number.
Approximately 2.9M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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