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Michigan - ground McLaren Health Care has confirmed that the raw personal and wellness information of 2.2 million patient was compromised during a cyberattack before this year . A ransomware gang later took course credit for the cyberattack .
Ina unexampled data breach noticefiled with Maine ’s lawyer general , McLaren said hackers were in its arrangement for three weeks during July 28 through August 23 before the healthcare company detect a week later on on August 31 .
McLaren said the hackers accessed patient names , their date of birth and Social Security number , and a wealthiness of medical information , including billing , claims and diagnosing info , ethical drug and medication details , and info relating to diagnostic outcome and treatments . Medicare and Medicaid patient information was also taken .
McLaren is a healthcare provider with 13 hospital across Michigan and about 28,000 full employees . McLaren , whose web site touts its cost efficiency measures , made over $ 6 billion in revenue in 2022 .
News of the incident break in October when the Alphv ransomware gang ( also known as BlackCat ) claimed responsibility for the cyberattack , claim it took millions of patients ’ personal info . Daysafter the cyberattackwas unwrap , Michigan lawyer superior general Dana Nessel discourage state occupant that the break “ could strike large numbers of patients . ”
TechCrunch has seen several screenshots posted by the ransomware crew on its moody World Wide Web wetting site testify admission to the company ’s password director , internal financial statements , some employee entropy and spreadsheet of affected role - related personal and wellness information , including epithet , addresses , earphone number , Social Security numbers and symptomatic information .
Alphv / BlackCat claim in its position that the gang had been in contact with a McLaren representative , without providing grounds of the title .
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When make by email , McLaren spokesperson David Jones declined to gloss beyond the company ’s public statement or do our questions about the incident . The spokesperson would not say if the caller receive a demand for payment , or if it pay the drudge . McLaren would not make its master information security officer George Goble uncommitted for an audience .
McLaren currently facesat least three class action lawsuitsrelated to the cyberattack .
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