In December 2023, a cyberattack hit the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch), resulting in the exfiltration of patient data and attempted extortion. Threat actors, known as Hunters International, subsequently leaked and sold data online, including names, contact information, dates of birth, insurance details, and medical record numbers, though this was not shared in Fred Hutch’s public disclosures. Despite being contacted multiple times by DataBreaches, Fred Hutch did not respond to queries about their handling of the situation.
UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months
UnitedHealth’s healthtech company, Change Healthcare, which lost sensitive data of over 100 million people in a 2024 ransomware attack, has finished notifying most of the
