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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

  1. Unauthorized access from outside to a system the hospital manages began. It continued until October 22. [1] [2]

  2. The hospital found that the registered personal information may have leaked. [1] [2]

  3. It announced the possible leak of personal information. [1] [2]

Impact

The patient information that may have leaked totals 16,945 records. [2]

Timeline

  1. Started 2025-10-11
  2. Detected 2025-10-29
  3. Disclosed 2025-12-22
  4. 72 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

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Sources

  1. [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. [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