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DII-2026-00130
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers

Dan Diamond and Clara Ence Morse report: The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found...

4 May 2026 · Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
4 May 2026
DII-2026-001304 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
4 May 2026
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Industry
Government and public sector

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers
4 May 2026
medicare.gov
directory
washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post
joecadillic.substack.com
Joe Cadillic