It has been reported that the Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood was hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but there is no indication that the information was used “for fraudulent purposes,” the group said. A hacker installed computer malware between Oct. 9 and Oct. 17 and “exfiltrated” files containing patient names and possibly addresses, insurance and medical information, including procedures they may have undergone, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles warned Tuesday. The attack involved ransomware, software that hackers can use to lock an organisation out of its own computer network until a ransom is paid, but the group didn’t immediately say whether any ransom was paid.
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