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Hackers accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center patient data
University engaged with hackers to regain access and delayed notifying affected patients, exposing sensitive data; credit monitoring will be offered to those impacted, officials said.
- The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center failed to promptly notify participants whose personal data, including Social Security numbers, was compromised in a ransomware attack in August.
- UH reported the breach to the Legislature in December, later than required by state law and lacking required information.
- UH paid the hackers to regain access to encrypted files and plans to offer credit monitoring to affected participants.
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Hackers accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center patient data; they weren't immediately notified
Social Security numbers and other personal information from participants in a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center study were exposed to computer hackers in August but four months later UH had yet to notify those affected that their data was stolen.
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Hackers accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center patient data; they weren’t immediately notified
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) – Sources Associated Press say, Social Security numbers and other personal information from participants in a University of Hawaii Cancer Center study were exposed to computer hackers in August, but four months later, UH had yet to notify those affected that their data was stolen. UH outlined the ransomware attack in a report to the Legislature in December, which appears to be later than required by state law and lacked requir…
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