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#9 BleepingComputer general July 29, 2026 at 17:54 UTC

Health-ISAC warns of rising ShinyHunters data theft attacks on healthcare

By Lawrence Abrams

AI Summary

Health-ISAC has issued a warning to healthcare and medtech organizations about a measurable increase in successful data theft attacks by ShinyHunters, the same threat actor that claimed a breach of Ernst & Young via a third-party management platform. The group's attacks are resulting in exfiltration of sensitive patient and financial data, with healthcare's interconnected third-party ecosystem serving as a primary attack surface. Security teams in healthcare should audit third-party data processors and monitor for ShinyHunters TTPs.

Relevance score: 77.0/100

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