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Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
Boston Scientific disclosed an ongoing cyberattack affecting its IT systems since August 25, which has disabled remote monitoring capabilities for newly implanted pacemakers and cardiac devices, though the devices continue recording data locally. Separately, McKesson confirmed a breach of third-party applications serving oncology and medical-surgical customers after ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing millions of patient records via compromised Snowflake and Salesforce instances.
Why it matters: Healthcare providers and patients face disrupted device monitoring and exposure of sensitive medical records including Social Security numbers and diagnosis details; organizations must assess whether their systems connect to Boston Scientific or McKesson infrastructure and prepare breach response protocols for potentially affected populations.
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breaches incidents
Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
Boston Scientific disclosed an ongoing cyberattack affecting its IT systems since August 25, which has disabled remote monitoring capabilities for newly implanted pacemakers and cardiac devices, though the devices continue recording data locally. Separately, McKesson confirmed a breach of third-party applications serving oncology and medical-surgical customers after ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing millions of patient records via compromised Snowflake and Salesforce instances.
Why it matters: Healthcare providers and patients face disrupted device monitoring and exposure of sensitive medical records including Social Security numbers and diagnosis details; organizations must assess whether their systems connect to Boston Scientific or McKesson infrastructure and prepare breach response protocols for potentially affected populations.
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- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker