Major Healthcare Provider Suffers 4.5M Patient Data Breach via Third-Party Vendor
A leading US healthcare network disclosed a breach affecting 4.5 million patients after attackers compromised a third-party billing software vendor. Exposed data includes SSNs, medical records, and insurance information.
Krebs on Security reports the details above as part of its ongoing coverage in the data breaches space. The picture is likely to sharpen over the coming days as other researchers weigh in.
For security teams, the practical question is always the same: what changes because of this? Third-party and supply-chain exposure is now a leading breach vector. Review what data your vendors hold and what your incident plan assumes about their security.
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