Paradigm Healthcare Services says a 2025 network intrusion exposed protected information for more than 970,000 Medi-Cal members in California. The company told HHS that an unauthorized party may have accessed files between October 8 and October 15, 2025, after it detected unauthorized access to its local network on October 13, 2025; exposed data included names, dates of birth, gender, and Medi-Cal member identification numbers. Paradigm said its Student Health Network billing platform was not affected.
Why it matters: Nearly a million Medicaid recipients may now face elevated phishing, identity-theft, and healthcare-fraud risk. Affected people should watch for breach notices and scams, while healthcare organizations and state partners should review third-party data handling and delayed breach notification timelines.
Eduard Kovacs
2026.10.20
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This article establishes the breach as a distinct incident involving Paradigm Healthcare Services' handling of Medi-Cal data, with scope, timeline, and affected data elements newly disclosed.
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