Hearing healthcare company Amplifon Americas has revealed a data breach which has led to personal information being exposed for around 1.33 million people across the United States. The records were reportedly stolen and include personal details, medical histories, health insurance information and in some cases Social Security numbers and financial information.
The breach occurred at Amplifon Americas, the Minneapolis-based US branch of Amplifon, an Italian-based hearing healthcare company which has over 80 million members across thousands of clinics nationwide. A third party gained unauthorised access to Amplifon’s systems in January 2026 and stole data from specific systems between 18th January and 8th February.
A response was made by Amplifon to limit the breach and investigate the incident.
However, the company found it took a long time to establish how much information had been exposed. It took around eight months to complete its analysis.
The investigation revealed a range of information had been stolen, including names, contact details, date of birth, drivers licence numbers and other government issued identification information. Medical information, including hearing information, other medical details, date of medical service and health insurance information had also been exposed.
Those whose Social Security and financial information had been accessed are at greater risk of identity theft. This could increase their chances of being victims of financial fraud and other issues.
Amplifon said they were not aware of any fraudulent activity using the stolen personal information but cannot rule out the possibility of future misuse.
A filing was made with the Texas Attorney General’s Office by Amplifon and listed 1,332,826 individuals who had been affected by the data breach across the country.
The company have not said any further information about who had accessed their information or how they had done so.
This shows how at risk healthcare companies can be. They often hold large amounts of personal, medical and insurance information. This can be extremely valuable to cyber criminals as they will have access to a variety of different information which can be used for identity fraud.
There is not much more information available about the breach. We contacted Amplifon to ask for more information about the breach and how many individuals were affected. More information will be available depending on their response.
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Amplifon Americas Data Breach Exposes Personal and Medical Information of 1.3 Million People