CMIC HealthCare Institute: unauthorized access to the system of the patient support program "RA Connect" it runs under contract leaked information of 1,940 patients, medical professionals and client staff
Files in the web-public area of a patient support program that CMIC HealthCare Institute runs under contract were taken in an unauthorized access; 1,940 people were affected.
Disclosed
2026-07-24
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
1.9K
1,940
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
A third party gained unauthorized access to the system used to run the patient support program "RA Connect". [1] [2]
An investigation confirmed that part of the personal information in files in the web-public area had been taken by a third party. It cut access and changed credentials. [1] [2]
It announced the findings: 30 patients (names, age, sex, phone numbers, prefecture, regular medical institution), 216 patients with email addresses only, 1,535 medical professionals and 159 client company staff. No misuse has been found. [1] [2]
Timeline
- Started 2026-06-15
- Detected 2026-07-11
- Disclosed 2026-07-24
- 39 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Intrusion]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Web app
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Tokyo, MinatoScientific research, professional and technical services1,940 leaked
CMIC HealthCare Institute Co., Ltd.Information of patients, medical professionals and client company staff was taken from files in the web-public area of the system running a patient support program for a rheumatoid arthritis drug.
Sources
- [1][Official]個人情報漏えいに関する調査結果のご報告とお詫びCMIC HealthCare Institute Co., Ltd. · 2026-07-24
- [2][News]シミックヘルスケア・インスティテュートが運営を受託している患者支援サービスに不正アクセスScanNetSecurity · 2026-08-10 08:05