Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach affects UW Medicine patients
SpilloverSpillover from the Fred Hutch incident · View original incident →UW Medicine patients were affected by a data breach at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. UW Medicine notified patients of the breach.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- UW Medicine
- Original incident
- Patients face extortion after Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- 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 organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- It emerged that UW Medicine had notified patients of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Fred Hutch incident.
Patients face extortion after Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center data breach
Impact: Patient information leaked and patients targeted with extortion
A cyberattack on Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center led to a data leak, and patients received extortion demands. The cancer center warned patients not to pay money in response to threatening spam emails. UW Medicine and the cancer center notified patients of the data breach and security incident.
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