July 17, 2025 By Pierluigi Paganini
Ransomware group Stormous claims it stole data from 600,000 North Country HealthCare patients across 14 sites in northern Arizona.
The Stormous ransomware gang claims it has stolen personal and health data belonging to 600,000 patients from health provider North Country HealthCare.
North Country HealthCare is a nonprofit, federally qualified health center (FQHC) based in northern Arizona. It provides primary healthcare services to people of all ages across 14 locations in 11 communities. Their services include family medicine, pediatrics, prenatal care, behavioral health, dental care, telemedicine, physical therapy, and more. They accept most insurance plans and offer income-based sliding fee discounts for uninsured patients.
On July 13, 2025, the ransomware group Stormous listed North Country HealthCare on its data leak site, claiming to have stolen sensitive information on 600,000 patients. The group claimed the theft offull personally identifiable information, protected health data, diagnostic codes, clinic and provider details—such as names, birthdates, contact information, clinic visit details, insurance providers, and medical diagnoses. The ransomware group initially announced the sale of the data of 100,000 patients and release the remaining 500,000 records publicly for free.
