Following the likes of ChangeHealthcare, Kaiser, Cencora, and several others during the past few months, another major US healthcare service has reported suffering a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive patient data.
This latest victim is HealthEquity, which was on the receiving end of an apparent supply chain attack. In an 8-K form, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this week, HealthEquity reported how earlier this year, as it was routinely monitoring its systems, it discovered “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.”
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Source: MSN News
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