TLDR Tech / InfoSec
Cardiac patients' medical data stolen and held to ransom
A criminal contacted cardiac monitoring firm iRhythm on June 9 claiming to have stolen proprietary data, patient health information, and other personal details from third‑party business apps, then demanded payment to keep it private. iRhythm says products and clinical systems were not hit, and it does not store card data, but the data volume is large and may fuel long‑term phishing, fraud, and medical identity theft for affected patients.
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