type: incident ยท created: 2026-09-02 ยท updated: 2026-09-02 ยท tags: [incident, data-breach, healthcare, ransomware, extortion, confirmed-breach] ยท confidence: high ยท severity: high ยท affected_sectors: [healthcare] ยท au_impact: false
Nutex Health Says Patient and Employee Data Stolen as Gentlemen Gang Claims Attack
Summary
Hospital and outpatient-facilities operator Nutex Health disclosed in an SEC 8-K filing that hackers stole patient, employee, external-provider and confidential financial data during an August cyberattack and are now extorting the company, threatening to post the data externally.
Key Facts
- Target: Houston-based Nutex Health, which earned US$427.2 million in H1 2026 and operates 27 facilities across 12 states.
- Disclosure timeline: Initially disclosed the attack on 24 August; a class action has since been filed in Texas.
- Attribution: The Gentlemen ransomware gang took credit on its leak site โ a Russia-based ransomware-as-a-service group, founded by a disgruntled ex-Qilin affiliate, that has claimed at least 350 attacks since September 2025.
Related Pages
- The Gentlemen โ attributing ransomware gang