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August 28, 2026 at 22:40 UTC
McKesson discloses breach after ShinyHunters claims patient data theft
By Lawrence Abrams
AI Summary
McKesson, a major healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution company, disclosed unauthorized access to third-party applications, with the ShinyHunters extortion group claiming theft of 284 million patient data records. This represents one of the largest potential healthcare breaches on record and follows ShinyHunters' pattern of high-profile data extortion campaigns. Security practitioners should assess third-party application access controls and vendor risk management given the scale of the alleged exfiltration.
Relevance score: 88.0/100
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