US healthcare provider data breach impacts 1 million patients

Community Health Center (CHC) disclosed that unknown attackers gained access to its network in mid‑October 2024 (discovered Jan 2, 2025), stealing files containing personal and health data for approximately 1,060,936 individuals; CHC reports no systems were encrypted and operations were not affected, and investigators characterize the intruder as a "skilled criminal hacker." The incident is presented alongside broader healthcare data-theft trends and recent large breaches.