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Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive health data of 1.4 million individuals | TechCrunch

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center confirmed hackers accessed personal and sensitive health data of over 1.4 million individuals during a September cyberattack.

The cyberattack, which also affected the El Paso campus, saw attackers steal Social Security numbers, financial account information, government-issued ID details, and health information.

The Interlock ransomware group claims to have published 2.1 million files stolen from TTUHSC totaling 2.6 terabytes of data.

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