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Oracle Health data breach exposes nearly 20 million patients
The exposed records include medical files, Social Security numbers and diagnoses across multiple states; check your accounts, because nobody is checking them for you.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on this story, from Weekend Edition at 12:33 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Fox News's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Fox News: “Oracle Health data breach exposes nearly 20 million patients”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 12:33 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA data breach at Oracle Health has exposed the medical records, Social Security numbers and diagnoses of nearly twenty million patients across multiple states, Fox News reports.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a lot of people's private business out in the open, and it's the kind of thing that follows you to every doctor's appointment afterward.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDiagnoses and Social Security numbers, in the same pile. Somebody has the full set now.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNearly twenty million.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCheck your accounts and watch your mail, because that's the one useful thing any of us can do today.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd somewhere a hospital is still asking you to fill out the same form on a clipboard.
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