Breach date: 2017-03-25. Added to this index: 2017-04-07. Accounts affected: about 322K. Domain: healthnow.co.
What happened
In March 2017, the telemarketing service Health Now Networks left a database containing hundreds of thousands of medical records exposed. There were over 900,000 records in total containing significant volumes of personal information including names, dates of birth, various medical conditions and operator notes on the individuals' health. The data included over 320k unique email addresses.
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What was exposed
Dates of birth: Your full birth date, day, month and year, collected at signup for age checks, identity verification, insurance quotes, birthday offers or government services.
Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
Genders: The gender or sex recorded on your profile, usually picked from a list at signup, sometimes with a title such as Mr or Ms or a gender identity option beyond male and female.
Health insurance information: Your health insurer, policy or member number, Medicare or national health card number, level of cover, claims history and sometimes the treatments and providers you claimed for.
IP addresses: The network addresses your devices used when you signed up, logged in or posted, recorded by almost every website in its access logs.
Names: Your first name, surname and sometimes middle name or initials, as you gave them when you signed up. It appears in almost every breach because nearly every account asks for it.
Personal health data: Information about your physical or mental health: diagnoses, medications, test results, conditions, fitness and cycle tracking, therapy notes and insurance claims, held by clinics, apps, insurers and wellness services.
Phone numbers: Your mobile or landline number, collected at signup for contact, delivery updates, marketing and two-factor codes.
Physical addresses: Your residential, postal, billing or delivery address, stored by retailers, utilities, banks, government services and almost any company that sends you something.
Security questions and answers: The questions and answers used to verify you during password resets or phone support, such as your first pet, first school, favourite teacher or mother's maiden name.
Social connections: Lists of your friends, followers, contacts, groups or professional connections on a social, dating, gaming or networking platform.
What to do now
Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
Review the accounts connected to this service and turn on two-factor authentication.
Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.
Frequently asked questions
What data was leaked in the Health Now Networks breach?
The Health Now Networks breach exposed Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Health insurance information, IP addresses, Names, Personal health data, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Security questions and answers, Social connections. About 322K accounts were affected.
Was I affected by the Health Now Networks breach?
Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.
What should I do about the Health Now Networks breach?
Treat any message that quotes details from this breach as suspicious, turn on two-factor authentication, and consider removing your details from people-search sites if your address or phone was included.