800,000 medical patients affected by recent cyberattacks!

HealthCareInfoSecurity.com reported that “Ransomware, data theft and other cyberattacks continue to plague the healthcare sector, especially specialty medical care providers.”  The August 5, 2025 article entitled “Hacks on 3 Specialty Medical Providers Affect Nearly 800,000” (https://tinyurl.com/hpz2wbh7) included these comments:

Recent hacks on a provider of sleep disorder diagnostic gear and services, a network of medical imaging facilities and a multi-disciplinary cancer care center have affected nearly 800,000 patients. The breaches are among the latest rash of cybercriminal attacks plaguing the healthcare sector.

The three companies reporting the health data hacks to federal and state regulators are Compumedics USA, an Australian sleep disorder company with U.S. operations based in North Carolina; Mount Baker Imaging and its associated Northwest Radiologists, Inc., which are based in Washington State; and Highlands Oncology Group, an Arkansas-based cancer care provider.

Surely no one is surprised!