Double Trouble: Healthcare Data Breaches Hit Over 200,000 Patients!
Mainline Health Systems and Select Medical Holdings both revealed data breaches affecting over 100,000 people. Mainline was hit by ransomware, while Select Medical’s leak stemmed from a vendor’s mishap. It’s like a cybersecurity soap opera, complete with plot twists and a cast of thousands—of compromised identities, that is!
Hot Take:
Looks like healthcare data is turning into the new “it” item on the hacker shopping list. Forget Black Friday sales; cybercriminals are bagging sensitive information by the megabyte! It’s like a never-ending episode of “Extreme Couponing,” but with personal data that nobody consented to share.
Key Points:
- Mainline Health Systems experienced a data breach affecting over 101,000 individuals.
- The Inc Ransom group claimed responsibility for the Mainline Health attack and leaked some data.
- Select Medical Holdings reported a breach impacting nearly 120,000 individuals.
- Select Medical’s data breach resulted from a vendor incident at Nationwide Recovery Services.
- Healthcare data breaches are becoming more commonplace, affecting large numbers of individuals.
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