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Ellis Medicine Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on July 25, 2025 in Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Ellis Medicine, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

​​​​​​​​On July 22, 2025, Ellis Medicine (“Ellis”) reported a significant cybersecurity incident to the Maine Attorney General’s Office (the “Data Breach”). The organization discovered “suspicious activity” in an employee’s email account and promptly initiated a forensic investigation with external cybersecurity specialists, concluding the review on May 14, 2025. The breached email account was accessed during two separate periods—January 17–24, 2025, and March 27–April 5, 2025.Approximately 13,383 individuals have been impacted.

Recently, Ellis has begun sending data breach notification letters to affected individuals. These communications include an offer of 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout (TransUnion). If you received a data breach notification letter from Ellis, it indicates that your information was affected by the Data Breach.

Based in Schenectady, New York, Ellis Medicine is a not-for-profit community and teaching healthcare system founded in 1885, with four main campuses—Ellis Hospital, Ellis Health Center, Bellevue Women’s Center, and the Medical Center of Clifton Park—and several additional locations in New York’s Capital District. The system operates approximately 438 beds, employs over 3,300 staff, and works with over 700 medical professionals, reporting annual revenues of around $383 million

Ellis Medicine Data BreachWHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED IN THE ELLIS MEDICINE DATA BREACH?

Ellis Medicine has not yet disclosed the specific types of information that were compromised. However, based on the nature of similar email-related healthcare breaches, the following types of information may have been involved: 

  • Full names,
  • Dates of birth,
  • Social Security numbers,
  • Addresses,
  • Government ID numbers,
  • Medical information.

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. 

Personal medical information (a specific type of PII) is referred to as Protected Health Information (“PHI”). It is protected under both state and federal law. Healthcare providers and other businesses who handle PHI are required to protect that information. Like stolen PII, stolen PHI can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. Quite often, PII and PHI are used in conjunction by hackers.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. 

California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Ellis Medicine, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.