Hack Attack at City of Hope: Nearly a Million Medical Records Compromised in Cybersecurity Breach

In a heist rivalling a Hollywood plot, cyber-thieves nabbed nearly a million souls’ data from City of Hope. Cancer care meets cyber scare, with personal and medical records swiped in a digital debacle. No capes, just Kroll capers with free identity monitoring offered. Cybersecurity’s new critical patient: healthcare.

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One would think that with a name like City of Hope, the prognosis for cybersecurity would be a bit more... hopeful. But alas, cybercriminals have no respect for irony, as they've plunged the California-based healthcare organization into a nightmare with a side of data breach dressing. It's a buffet of personal details, and hackers have skipped the salad bar and gone straight for the main course!

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