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DaVita Confirms Over One Million Affected by Ransomware Breach, Costs Total $13.5M

DaVita says there are no signs of data misuse, offering affected patients identity protection with authorities still probing the breach.

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Overview

  • DaVita’s August 1 disclosure confirms more than one million individuals had personal, financial and medical data compromised in an April ransomware attack
  • An August 5 SEC filing reports $13.5 million in charges from increased patient care expenses and system remediation
  • The Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility, alleging it exfiltrated roughly 1.5 terabytes of data from DaVita’s dialysis labs database
  • Affected individuals have been provided with free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection through Experian IdentityWorks
  • Federal and state agencies, including CISA, the FBI, HHS and multiple state attorneys general, remain actively investigating the breach