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Ascension cyberattack exposed medical data of 5.6M customers

Healthcare company Ascension experienced a cyberattack on May 8, exposing the medical data of 5.6 million customers. The data breach occurred when an employee unknowingly downloaded a malicious file. Potentially exposed information includes medical details, payment details, government identification, and personal data. However, Ascension’s electronic health records were not accessed.

Source: www.healthcareitnews.com –

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