Hackers Collect and Offer for Sale Patient Data from the HCA Healthcare
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The collected dataset contains around 27 million rows of data, encompassing patients personal information and specific visit records. The report revealed that the unnamed hacking group provided them with a sample dataset related to a patients lung cancer assessment. Callow suggested that while this breach may be one of the largest in the healthcare sector, it may not pose as significant a risk as others since HCAs statement indicates that it has not impacted diagnoses or other medical-related information. According to Brett Callow, the hackers responsible for the breach have claimed that they possess "emails with health diagnosis that correspond to a client ID." The company has clarified that the breached data originated from an "external storage location exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages."
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