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Exclusive | Senate health boss demands Mamdani answer for breach of NYC hospital system where hackers lurked for 3 months
- Sen. Bill Cassidy demands answers from NYCHHC on a months-long cyber breach affecting patient data.
- Cassidy seeks details on security protocols, federal notifications, and breach investigations.
- NYCHHC says it reset credentials and upgraded detection and remote access policies after the attack.
- The breach spanned from November 2025 to February 2026, exposing data on roughly 1.8 million people.
- Cassidy ties the incident to broader cyber security concerns in health care and backs proposed resilience legislation.
- NYCHHC described actions to protect patients, including alerting staff and authorities and offering monitoring tools.
- The incident followed Cassidy's past inquiries into antisemitism and the city health department working group.
- Officials say patient safety remained the priority throughout the breach.
- Cassidy pressed for a briefing by a June 18 deadline as part of ongoing cyber security oversight.
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