Fieldtex Products fieldtex.com Fieldtex Products data breach: what happened and what to do
Fieldtex Products, a New York medical products maker, reported a breach to HHS on November 20, 2025 affecting 238,615 people. Attackers took names, birthdates, addresses, gender and health insurance member details of health plan members.
View all 13,115 breaches- Breach date
- 19 Aug 2025
- Made public
- 20 Nov 2025
- Affected
- 238,615
- Data exposed
- Names, Dates of birth, Physical addresses, Genders, Health insurance information
- Last updated
What happened
Fieldtex Products makes healthcare products supplied to health plan members. In a notice posted on November 20, 2025, it said it detected unauthorized access to its systems in mid-August 2025. Reports date the intrusion to August 19. The same day, it reported the incident to HHS, listing 238,615 affected people. The Akira ransomware group claimed the attack on November 5 and said it would publish the stolen files.
What was exposed
According to the notice, attackers took names, birthdates, addresses, gender, insurance member ID numbers, plan names and coverage effective dates. The data belongs to health plan members who received Fieldtex products, so you may not have heard of the company even if you are affected.
There's no Social Security number or payment card in that list, which lowers the risk of new accounts being opened in your name. The risk is medical identity theft, where someone uses your insurance member ID to get care, and phishing that mentions your health plan and sounds real.
Later filings
HIPAA Journal reports that three more Fieldtex reports were added to the HHS portal on December 3, 2025, covering another 35,748 people. This page uses the 238,615 figure from the first report.
What to do if you were in it
- 1
Read your insurance statements
Check each explanation of benefits from your health plan and question any care or equipment you didn't receive.
- 2
Call your plan if something looks wrong
Ask your insurer whether it can issue a new member ID if you suspect misuse.
- 3
Expect phishing that names your health plan
Scammers use plan names and member IDs to sound legitimate. Don't click links or give details to callers; contact the plan through the number on your insurance card.
- 4
Consider a credit freeze
Place a free credit freeze at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. It stops lenders from opening new accounts in your name, and you can lift it whenever you need credit yourself.
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Check whether your details are in other breaches
Run a free Serus scan to see whether your email or phone number appears in this or other breaches. Serus monitors breach databases and the dark web and alerts you, but it can't remove data that has already leaked.
Frequently asked
Was I affected by the Fieldtex breach?
Fieldtex notified health plan members whose data it held. If you got a letter, you were affected.
What was exposed?
Names, birthdates, addresses, gender, insurance member ID numbers, plan names and coverage effective dates, according to Fieldtex's notice.
Were Social Security numbers exposed?
Fieldtex's notice, as reported, doesn't list Social Security numbers.
Is there a settlement?
Local news reports that lawsuits have been filed against Fieldtex. No settlement has been reported.
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