Fieldtex Products, a U.S.-based contract sewing and medical supply fulfillment company, disclosed that it suffered a data breach after detecting unauthorized access to its systems in mid-August. The company reported that the attackers may have accessed Protected Health Information (PHI) belonging to individuals whose health plans used Fieldtex’s healthcare-related products. Exposed data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, insurance member IDs, plan details, and gender. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) breach tracker, 238,615 people were affected.

The Akira ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack, listing Fieldtex’s E-First Aid Supplies division on its leak site and alleging theft of more than 14 GB of corporate documents, including employee, customer, and financial data. Although Akira announced plans to release the stolen files, none had been posted as of the latest update.

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