Washington State Benefits Administrator
A Washington-state based employee benefits administrator is notifying nearly 2.7 million individuals that their personal and health plan information, including Social Security numbers, was potentially stolen in a hacking incident discovered in January 2026.
Records Affected
Approximately 2,700,000
Sector
Healthcare / Employee Benefits
Data types exposed
A Washington-state based employee benefits administrator is notifying nearly 2.7 million individuals that their information was potentially stolen in a hacking incident discovered in January 2026.
The compromised data reportedly includes health plan details, personal information, and Social Security numbers. The scale of the breach, affecting 2.7 million people, makes it one of the larger healthcare-adjacent breaches reported in early 2026.
Employee benefits administrators hold particularly sensitive data combining health information with financial identifiers, creating significant risk for affected individuals if the data is misused for identity theft or insurance fraud.
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