Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating New York Blood Center Enterprises (“NYBC”) regarding its recent data breach. The NYBC data breach may have involved sensitive personal information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER ENTERPRISES:
NYBC is a community based, nonprofit blood collection and distribution organization based in New York. Founded in 1964, NYBC, along with its partner organizations Community Blood Center of Kansas City, Missouri (CBC), Innovative Blood Resources (IBR), Blood Bank of Delmarva (BBD), and Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC), collect approximately 4,000 units of blood products each day and serve local communities of more than 45 million people in the Tri-State area, Mid Atlantic area, the Kansas City metropolitan area, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Southern New England.2 Additionally, NYBC and its partners provide a wide array of transfusion-related medical services, including Comprehensive Cell Solutions, the National Center for Blood Group Genomics, the National Cord Blood Program, and the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute.2 Headquartered in New York, New York, NYBC employs over 1,000 individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, NYBC announced that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal information in its systems may have been accessed and acquired. According to the breach notice, on January 26, 2025, NYBC and its operating divisions identified suspicious activity affecting its IT systems.1 As a result, NYBC launched an investigation to determine the nature of the incident.
Through its investigation, NYBC confirmed that the IT incident was the result of a ransomware attack and sensitive personal information in its systems may have been compromised by an unauthorized third party. As of January 30, 2025, NYBC’s systems have still not been restored and the investigation into the incident is ongoing. On January 29, 2025, NYBC posted a notice of the incident on its website. A link to the form breach notification that NYBC posted to its website is below.
If you received a breach notification letter from New York Blood Center Enterprises:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
