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Altus Baytown Hospital Ransomware Attack: Patient Data Leak Discovery

Nov 19, 2018 •

Anthony Pell

1 min read

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The Altus Baytown Hospital (ABH) has revealed a ransomware outbreak which may have led to the leak of patient data. In a statement on its website, the Texas-based hospital said that ABH discovered an unauthorized threat actor rifling through the organization's systems on roughly September 3.

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