01 September 2026 - 07:51

Category: IT Fail

McKesson loses data and gets ransomed

McKesson suffered a breach with ShinyHunters demanding $55.2M. Just another massive extortion bill.

McKesson loses data and gets ransomed

Source: The Register

The Full Story

Severity: Critical Mood: Concerning

McKesson has kindly admitted to a breach while ShinyHunters cheerfully demands a fifty-five million dollar ransom, because securing healthcare records is apparently far too much trouble. We protect our networks from these extortionists by doing the baseline security work we always neglect until the ransom note arrives on a lovely Monday morning. Same old story, just with a much larger price tag attached to the disaster.

#databreach #ransomware
Open article →