New York Department of Financial Services · August 17, 2026 · Primary source
Cybersecurity Alert: N-central Vulnerability Affecting Some Managed Service Providers
Summary
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued an industry letter on August 11, 2026 to all DFS-regulated entities alerting them to an active cybersecurity campaign exploiting a vulnerability in N-central, a remote monitoring and management platform used by managed service providers. The alert does not directly address HIPAA-covered entities or healthcare-specific obligations, but DFS-regulated entities that include health plans or healthcare-adjacent financial services firms may use the affected software.
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