The Milan, Italy, company pairs patients in need of hearing aids and auditory assistance with device providers and services. Amplifon began notifying state regulators of a data breach last week, telling Texas officials that 85,804 people were impacted by the security incident in addition to 1,027 people in Vermont. The company also filed breach notices in California.
In a breach notice on its U.S. website, Amplifon said it initially discovered suspicious activity on February 11, with an investigation later revealing the hackers had access to company files between January 18 and February 8. The stolen data includes names, driver’s licenses, state IDs, medical information, health insurance data and financial information. No hacking group has taken credit for the incident as of Monday. Several class action law firms said the total number of victims is 1,332,826, but Amplifon did not respond to requests for confirmation.
