Atrium Health Notifies 585,000 Individuals of Data Exposure Related to Online Tracking Technologies
Atrium Health notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 6, 2024, about a data breach impacting 585,000 individuals. The incident is related to online tracking technologies on its patient portal (MyAtriumHealth or MyCarolinas) between 2015 and 2019, which may have transmitted personal information to third-party vendors like Google and Facebook. Exposed data could include IPs, cookies, treatment information, names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses. No Social Security numbers or financial account information were involved.
Signal context
First seen: Dec 6, 2024
Last updated: Jul 2, 2026
Status: Public signal
Key points
- Atrium Health notified HHS on December 6, 2024, about a data breach affecting 585,000 individuals.
- The incident involved online tracking technologies on patient portals (2015-2019).
- Personal information may have been transmitted to third-party vendors (Google, Facebook).
Signal analysis
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Sector: Information
Likely country: 🇺🇸 US
inferred from signal text
Watch internet-facing systems, credential abuse and exploit activity.
- Source type: outside the affected organization
Impact area: Confidentiality
Likely asset: User or customer data
- 23 signals in the same sector
- 88 signals with the same likely impact area
- 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
External sources
Atrium Health Data Breach Impacts 585,000 People - SecurityWeekhttps://www.securityweek.com/atrium-health-data-breach-impacts-585000-people/Public source from securityweek.com.
Atrium Health apologizes to patients after data breach - WCNChttps://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/atrium-health-data-breach-myatriumhealth-mycarolinas-patient-portal/275-b1753ae6-81bf-4e83-bceb-60010991953ePublic source from wcnc.com.
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