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NYC Health + Hospitals Vendor Breach: 1.8 Million Records, Including Biometrics, Exposed (May 2026)

A months-long intrusion through a third-party vendor exposed medical records, government IDs, geolocation, and fingerprint and palm-print biometrics for at least 1.8 million people at the largest U.S. public health system. We unpack the dwell time and the third-party blast radius.