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Cyberattacks on NJ health tech firms expose millions of patient records

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Martina Lindberg

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Millions of files compromised as two health care companies are hacked.

A data breach at New Jersey-based health tech company HealthEC LLC has breached the records of nearly 4.5 million patients across 18 US healthcare providers. The breach was discovered in October 2023 and reported to the Office of the Maine Attorney General on December 21, 2023. Hackers managed to access highly sensitive medical information.

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