[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$frbtks6z5aa82":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":12,"source":13,"sourceUrl":14,"sourceUrls":15,"pwnCount":20,"affectedCount":20,"affectedCountStatus":21,"affectedCountLowerBound":22,"affectedCountUnit":23,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":24,"dataClasses":25,"description":37,"seoTitle":38,"seoTitleEn":8,"seoDescription":38,"seoDescriptionEn":39,"logoUrl":40,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":4,"isSpamList":41,"isMalware":41,"company":42},"6a707badd0d58952e91ca109","FortWayneMedicalEducationProgram2024","Fort Wayne Medical Education Program 2024 Data Breach","fort-wayne-medical-education-program-2024","fwmep.edu","2024-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","2026-08-03T11:29:49.017Z","FWMEP official notice, Maine and Massachusetts Attorney General filings, HHS OCR, and independent filing report","https:\u002F\u002Fstatic1.squarespace.com\u002Fstatic\u002F5b143f1412b13f253e6f8ded\u002Ft\u002F68e024d34dcb85768f1df641\u002F1759519955668\u002FFWMEP+Website+Notice+Template+-+Updated+10-2-25.pdf",[14,16,17,18,19],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fwmep.edu\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20251004153339id_\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.maine.gov\u002Fagviewer\u002Fcontent\u002Fag\u002F985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318\u002Fdb82bce6-9122-4fdf-8c1f-1b1295238ac6.html","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mass.gov\u002Fdoc\u002F2025-1718-fort-wayne-medical-education-program\u002Fdownload","https:\u002F\u002Focrportal.hhs.gov\u002Focr\u002Fbreach\u002Fbreach_report_hip.jsf",29485,"known",null,"people","Medium",[26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36],"Names","Social security numbers","Driver's licenses","Government issued IDs","Passport numbers","Dates of birth","Medical information","Health insurance information","Medical billing information","Bank account numbers","Credit card numbers","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The 2024 Fort Wayne Medical Education Program data breach\u003C\u002Fstrong> involved unauthorized network access and a finding that personal information and protected health information may have been acquired. The official filing with the Maine Attorney General reports a total of 29,485 affected people.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Indiana-based Fort Wayne Medical Education Program (FWMEP) provides family-medicine education and patient services. Because identity, health, and certain financial details may have been present together, the incident creates meaningful identity-theft and targeted-fraud risks for affected people.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>How was the FWMEP data breach confirmed?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>FWMEP's official notice says the organization detected suspicious activity on its network on December 17, 2024. The forensic investigation found that an unauthorized actor may have accessed or acquired certain data between December 12 and December 17, 2024.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Maine Attorney General's event record confirms the organization, the December 12 start date, and the total of 29,485 people. The sample notice filed with the Massachusetts Attorney General independently supports the same access window, review timeline, and October 2, 2025 notification date.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What was the incident timeline?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Unauthorized access began on December 12, 2024, and FWMEP discovered suspicious activity on December 17. The organization secured its systems, took parts of the network offline, and engaged outside cyber-incident response specialists to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The comprehensive file review concluded on September 9, 2025, when FWMEP determined that information belonging to specific people was present in the affected data set. Written notices followed on October 2, 2025. The 28,502 people in the March 2025 HHS entry represent an earlier reporting version; the later state filing's 29,485-person total is used here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What information may have been involved?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The fields varied by person. For employees and their dependents, the affected material may have included names and, for a limited group, Social Security numbers, driver's-license or state-identification numbers, and passport information.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Patient or healthcare-related records may have contained names, Social Security numbers, government identifiers, dates of birth, medical histories, health-insurance information, and medical-billing details. Billing data may have included bank-account and payment- or credit-card numbers; FWMEP says card security codes were not involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Why do these data types matter?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Identity numbers combined with dates of birth can support impersonation, fraudulent accounts, or credit applications. Anyone whose bank-account or card number was involved should monitor financial activity; the absence of a card security code does not remove every financial risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Medical-history, insurance, and billing details can make a deceptive message appear credible by referring to a real healthcare relationship. Unexpected links or requests claiming to come from FWMEP, an insurer, a bank, or a protection service should be checked through an official channel rather than the contact information in the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>How did FWMEP respond?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>After detecting the activity, FWMEP secured its systems, took parts of its network offline, and worked with outside specialists on a forensic investigation. It notified federal law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and reviewed its security policies and network protections.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People whose Social Security numbers were involved were offered complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity-restoration support. Because the duration and provider may be specified in each person's notice, recipients should follow the terms in their own letters.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What should affected people do?\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Notice recipients should regularly review credit reports, bank and card accounts, health-insurance explanations of benefits, and medical bills for unfamiliar accounts, transactions, services, or claims. An unknown health record or financial entry should be reported promptly to the relevant provider, insurer, or financial institution.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People whose Social Security numbers were involved can consider the offered monitoring service and, when appropriate, a credit freeze or fraud alert. No one should disclose an identity number, medical detail, password, or one-time code in response to an unexpected call or email.\u003C\u002Fp>","","The FWMEP data breach may have exposed identity, health, insurance, and certain financial information belonging to 29,485 people.","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Ffort-wayne-medical-education-program-official.webp",false,{"name":43,"sector":44,"country":45,"website":16,"websiteArchiveUrl":38,"websiteStatus":38,"websiteCheckedAt":22},"Fort Wayne Medical Education Program","Healthcare","United States"]