US medical billing firm MCBS exposes data of 1.26 million patients
US medical billing company MCBS was hacked, exposing the personal and medical information of 1.26 million patients. The incident was identified as a PEAR ransomware attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- MCBS
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal and medical information of 1.26 million patients
- Cause / method
- PEAR ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- A breach of personal and health information at MCBS came to light.
- The number of people affected was revealed to be 1.26 million.
- The MCBS data breach was reported to be linked to a PEAR ransomware attack.
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