Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports:
Cancer patients who participated in University of Hawaii Cancer Center studies during the 1990s may soon receive a notification that ransomware hackers stole their data in an August 2025 incident. The university’s treatment center – the only National Cancer Institute-designated center in the state – will notify a yet-undisclosed number of individuals about hack.
Experts said the hack spotlights concerning risks involving compromises of medical research data.
The cancer center told state officials in a December disclosure that it paid a ransom for a decryptor key and in exchange of a promise by hackers to destroy the stolen data.
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