Medtronic Hack Confirmed After ShinyHunters Threatens Data Leak
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Medtronic Hack Confirmed After ShinyHunters Threatens Data Leak
""We have not identified any impact to our products, patient safety, connections to our customers, our manufacturing and distribution operations, our financial reporting systems or our ability to meet patient needs.""
""The networks that support our corporate IT systems, our products and our manufacturing and distribution operations are separate. Hospital customer networks remain separate from Medtronic IT networks and are secured and managed by customers' IT teams.""
""The ShinyHunters cybercrime group listed Medtronic on its leak website on April 17, claiming to have compromised more than 9 million records containing personal information, along with terabytes of corporate information.""
""Medtronic has since been removed from ShinyHunters' website, indicating that the organization may have paid a ransom.""
Medtronic, a leading medical technology company, confirmed a hack by the ShinyHunters group, which claimed to have stolen over 9 million records. The company stated that its products, patient safety, and operations remain unaffected. Medtronic is investigating the potential access of personal information. The hackers threatened to leak data unless a ransom was paid by April 21. Medtronic was later removed from the hackers' website, suggesting a possible ransom payment. Its subsidiary, MiniMed, reported no impact on its IT systems.
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