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Hackers steal medical records and financial data from 1.2M patients in massive healthcare breach
Leaked data includes medical reports, IDs and payment details
By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report
Fox News
Published October 24,
2025 1:00pm EDT
More than 1 million patients have been affected by a data breach involving SimonMed Imaging, one of the country's largest outpatient radiology and medical imaging providers. The breach came to light after a cyberattack compromised sensitive patient data, with reports indicating that ransomware operators may have been behind the incident. What makes this case particularly concerning is the scale of the attack and the type of information stolen, which could easily be misused for financial or identity fraud.
What happened at SimonMed Imaging
In January 2025, SimonMed Imaging was alerted by one of its vendors about a potential security incident. The following day, the company noticed suspicious activity on its own network. The company says in response, it reset passwords, enforced two-factor authentication and tightened endpoint security while cutting off third-party vendor access.
Unfortunately, the attackers had already gained access. Between Jan. 21 and Feb. 5, 2025, cybercriminals exfiltrated sensitive data belonging to around 1.2 million individuals. The Medusa ransomware group later claimed responsibility, alleging they had stolen more than 200 GB of data, including patient IDs, financial records and medical scans.
The attackers reportedly demanded 1 million dollars to delete the stolen files, or 10,000 dollars per day to delay publishing. SimonMed was later removed from the Medusa leak site, which could suggest a ransom payment, although the company has not confirmed this. In the aftermath, SimonMed brought in cybersecurity experts to investigate and has offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
What data got exposed in the SimonMed breach
While SimonMed's official filing described the exposed data as names and other data elements, the ransomware group's claims suggest a much broader leak. According to the attackers, the stolen dataset included identity documents, payment details, medical reports, account balances and raw imaging scans (via BleepingComputer).
Such information is extremely valuable on dark web marketplaces. Identity details and medical records are often sold in bulk to fraud operators who use them to commit financial scams, insurance fraud, or obtain prescription drugs. Medical breaches are harder to recover from because you cannot reset or replace a medical history or a government ID scan the same way you can change a password.
We reached out to SimonMed for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/hackers-steal-medical-records-financial-data-from-1-2m-patients-massive-healthcare-breach
Chelsea Clinton rips Trump's 'disregard for history' with White House ballroom construction
Clinton ripped by conservatives for balking at White House changes
By David Rutz
Fox News
Published October 24,
2025 12:01pm EDT
Chelsea Clinton blasted President Donald Trump in a new op-ed for having a "disregard for history" and taking a "wrecking ball to our heritage" with his extensive White House renovations, including tearing down the East Wing to construct a new ballroom.
"A disregard for history is a defining trait of President Trump’s second administration," Clinton wrote for USA Today on Thursday, criticizing administration changes at the Smithsonian and the DEI censorship campaign at the Pentagon that ensnared the iconic Enola Gay plane.
Clinton, the daughter of President Bill Clinton, said she always understood the home didn't belong to her. She moved into the White House with her parents in 1993, just shy of her 13th birthday, and began attending Stanford during her father's second term.
Other presidents have made changes or renovations to the White House, Clinton noted, but Trump's changes have drawn considerable criticism, especially after demolition of a section of the East Wing began to begin construction of the privately funded, $250 million ballroom.
"Renovations aren’t inherently objectionable because of who orders them or who pays for them," she wrote, while noting Trump has authority over the White House grounds as the president. "But authority is not the same as stewardship. Stewardship requires transparency, consultation and an accounting for history."
"This is what happens when we take a wrecking ball to our heritage," Clinton wrote.
Clinton's article and X post went viral, with conservative critics reminding her of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and other uncomfortable moments from her family's White House tenure.
"Your dad turned the White House into his own personal Burning Man tent, and we all get it," one conservative commentator wrote.
"I'm sorry, but of all the people I want to hear from least on the subject of desecrating the White House, it's anyone with the surname Clinton," another wrote.
The ballroom has certainly struck a nerve in the Clinton family.
Clinton's mother, former first lady Hillary Clinton, posted on X this week, "It's not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it." A New York Times article called the images of the demolition "jarring," and historical preservationists have also balked at the changes in media reports.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News this week there was a lot of "fake outrage" about the ballroom.
"Nearly every single president who’s lived in this beautiful White House behind me has made modernizations and renovations of their own," Leavitt said. "In fact, presidents for decades — in modern times — have joked about how they wished they had a larger event space here at the White House, something that could hold hundreds more people than the current East Room and State Dining Room."
Trump told reporters it would be "world-class" and has said it will be paid for by himself and a host of corporate sponsors.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chelsea-clinton-rips-trumps-disregard-history-white-house-ballroom-construction