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title: "Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident"
description: "Arkansas Hospice, doing business as LifeTouch Health, disclosed unauthorized network-data access following a March 2026 disruption."
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status: "active"
last_modified: "2026-10-14"
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# Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident

The hospice’s May notice described confirmed unauthorized access and possible exposure of protected health information.

Last modified Oct 14, 2026 · 1 source

## Summary

- **Environment:** Hospice network and stored information
- **Operational impact:** Certain systems disrupted around March 12; duration not established
- **Financial impact:** No incident cost established in the reviewed evidence

## What happened

[Arkansas Hospice, doing business as LifeTouch Health](https://www.lifetouchhealth.org/), experienced a network disruption around March 12, 2026. Its [May 11 notice](https://www.lifetouchhealth.org/s/Arkansas-Hospice-Website-Notice2.pdf) says an investigation established unauthorized access to network information for a limited period. [1](#source-1)

## Impact

Some protected health information may have been accessed. Potential fields varied by person and included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, treatment information and diagnoses. The May notice gives no population total and says data review was ongoing at that time. [1](#source-1)

## Timeline

### May 11, 2026 — Public notice dated

The hospice disclosed its earlier disruption and continuing review of potentially affected information. [1](#source-1)

### October 14, 2026 — Briefing updated

This briefing was last reviewed and updated on October 14, 2026.

## Threat Group & Attack Vector

The notice does not identify an intrusion method or a precise access interval. Its approximate disruption date should not be treated as an exact attack start. [1](#source-1)

### Actors

- No threat actor group has been identified in the reviewed public evidence.

### TTPs

- No specific MITRE ATT\&CK technique is currently mapped for this case.

## Response

The hospice secured its network, engaged external forensic specialists and provided a dedicated inquiry line. [1](#source-1)

## Assets

[Download the case-scoped STIX 2.1 bundle](<https://www.ally.security/incidents/arkansas-hospice-lifetouch-network-incident-2026/stix.json>)

## Sources

Primary source records used to research this incident.

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### Notification of Data Security Incident

official · Arkansas Hospice, Inc. dba LifeTouch Health · May 11, 2026

<https://www.lifetouchhealth.org/s/Arkansas-Hospice-Website-Notice2.pdf>

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<summary>Evidence ledger</summary>

Review the supporting structured claims.

1. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Public notice dated: The hospice published a notice about its earlier network disruption and continuing data review.
2. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: Its investigation determined that network information was subject to unauthorized access for a limited period.
3. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: The May 11 notice said some protected health information may have been accessed; potentially involved fields varied by person and included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, treatment information and diagnoses.
4. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: The hospice secured its network, engaged external forensic specialists and provided a dedicated inquiry line.
5. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: Public notice dated
6. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: Arkansas Hospice, doing business as LifeTouch Health, experienced a disruption to certain network systems on or around March 12, 2026.
7. **Affected Organization · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: Arkansas Hospice, Inc. dba LifeTouch Health
8. **Disclosed At · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: 2026-05-11
9. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Arkansas Hospice / LifeTouch Health network incident: The notice said review of potentially affected data was ongoing as of May 11 and did not give a population total or precise access interval.
10. **Occurred At · 100% confidence · current**  
   Public notice dated: 2026-05-11

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