ShinyHunters called cancer diagnostics biz and tricked staffers into giving them access. Now they've dumped 10.9M email addresses
The leak includes names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, and personal health information belonging to customers, patients, and healthcare providers.Abbott, which acquired cancer diagnostics outfit Exact Sciences earlier this year, first disclosed the break-in on July 16. In an update on August 5, it acknowledged that some of the files accessed contained personal information and/or personal health information, but said it was still analyzing the data and had yet to determine who needed to be notified. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); ShinyHunters has a rather different way of describing what happened.
- ▪The leak includes names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders, and personal health information belonging to customers, patients, and healthcare providers.Abbott, which acquired cancer diagnostics outfit Exact
- ▪In an update on August 5, it acknowledged that some of the files accessed contained personal information and/or personal health information, but said it was still analyzing the data and had yet to determine who needed to be notified.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); ShinyHunters has a rather different way of describing what happened.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); CYBER-CRIME ShinyHunters called cancer diagnostics biz and tricked staffers into giving them access. Now they've dumped 10.9M email addresses Cancer diagnostics breach spills personal and health info as extortion crew says healthcare giant ‘should’ve paid the ransom’ Carly Page Carly Page Published fri 7 Aug 2026 // 15:53 UTC Hackers have dumped data stolen from Abbott’s cancer diagnostics business after the healthcare giant apparently declined to pay up, with the leak containing 10.9…
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