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Anthony Spadafora

Over 900,000 hit in massive healthcare data breach — names, addresses and Social Security numbers exposed online

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Hackers and especially ransomware gangs have been on a rampage targeting and attacking healthcare organizations this year. Now, one of the largest dialysis providers in the U.S., DaVita, has fallen victim to a massive healthcare data breach.

As reported by Comparitech, the kidney dialysis company DaVita has revealed that it suffered a data breach earlier this year when hackers gained unauthorized access to servers, primarily located in its laboratories.

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