Tokushima University Hospital: unauthorized access to a system it manages may have leaked 16,945 patient records
In October 2025 the hospital's system was accessed from outside without authorization, and 16,945 registered patient records may have leaked.
Disclosed
2025-12-22
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
16.9K
16,945
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
Unauthorized access from outside to a system the hospital manages began. It continued until October 22. [1] [2]
The hospital found that the registered personal information may have leaked. [1] [2]
It announced the possible leak of personal information. [1] [2]
Impact
The patient information that may have leaked totals 16,945 records. [2]
Timeline
- Started 2025-10-11
- Detected 2025-10-29
- Disclosed 2025-12-22
- 72 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Intrusion]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Tokushima, TokushimaEducation and learning support16,945 leaked
Tokushima UniversityA system managed by Tokushima University Hospital was hit.
Sources
- [1][Official]【重要なお知らせ】個人情報漏えいの可能性についてTokushima University Hospital · 2025-12-22
- [2][News]徳島大学病院に不正アクセス、16,945 件の患者情報が漏えいした可能性ScanNetSecurity · 2026-01-14 08:05