US Public Health Service

On July 25, 1972, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was exposed after The Associated Press revealed that the U.S. Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute had allowed poor, rural Black male patients with syphilis to go untreated for four decades, resulting in over 100 deaths as part of a study on the disease.

Medical records of 1.8 million individuals were stolen in a cyber attack on the largest US public health provider. The attack compromised sensitive information, posing a significant risk to those affected. The incident highlights the vulnerability of healthcare systems to cyber threats.