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DII-2023-00321
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

Seattle cancer patients face blackmail threats after recent Fred Hutch data breach

As if battling cancer isn’t hard enough, now patients at UW’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are being extorted. Last month, the Cancer Center experienced a data breach, exposing data for an unknown number of...

8 December 2023 · Hacking and intrusion
8 December 2023
DII-2023-003213 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Hacking and intrusion
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
8 December 2023
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Hacking and intrusion
Industry
Healthcare

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
Seattle cancer patients face blackmail threats after recent Fred Hutch data breach
8 December 2023
fredhutch.org
notice of December 1
king5.com
King5 News