Patients face extortion after Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach
A cyber-attack on Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center led to a data leak, and patients received extortion demands. The cancer centre warned patients not to pay money in response to threatening spam emails. UW Medicine and the cancer centre notified patients of the data breach and security incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Fred Hutch
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Patient information leaked and patients targeted with extortion
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- Patients received extortion demands after the data breach, and the cancer centre warned them not to pay in response to threatening emails.
- The cancer centre confirmed the data breach.
- The cancer centre's confirmation of a cyber-attack following threats from a ransomware gang came to light.
- UW Medicine notified patients in connection with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach.
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center notified patients of a data security incident.
Also affected by this incident
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach affects UW Medicine patients
↳ Knock-on damage from the Fred Hutch incident · View original incidentUW Medicine patients were affected by a data breach at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. UW Medicine notified patients of the breach.
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