Novocure cyber-attack exposes records of US cancer patients
Novocure said a mid-August breach exposed records containing patient numbers of more than 1,400 US cancer patients, as well as employee contact details. Separately, unauthorised access was made to the identifying information of fewer than 50 patients. Treatment devices and operations were not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Novocure
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Records of more than 1,400 US cancer patients and employee contact details, plus identifying information of fewer than 50 other patients
- Cause / method
- Exposure of patient records and employee contact details through a cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Novocure disclosed the exposure of US patient records in a mid-August breach and said treatment devices and operations were not affected.
- The Novocure cyber-attack and data leak were further reported.
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