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CT Medical Data Breach Hits 62871, Costs $2.7M [2026]
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Fusion42 · 17 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
A pediatric health network and its IT provider will pay a combined $2.7 million settlement after a 2024 data breach exposed Social Security numbers and medical records of nearly 63,000 Connecticut residents and approximately 825,000 New York residents, marking one of the largest healthcare data breach enforcement actions in 2026. The breach exploited shared managed IT infrastructure, exposing sensitive patient and billing data.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Healthtech Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it between 16 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026.
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Patient data protection just became costlier for health providers relying on managed IT services who must now tighten security across all client networks. You must act fast to avoid landing in costly settlement battles caused by third-party breaches.
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2 sources · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · latest 17 Oct 2026
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