McKesson's 6.4 million patient records are now in the public domain because ShinyHunters asked for $55.2m and didn't get it. The healthcare supply chain just became a lot more interesting to extortionists.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/10/shinyhunters-expose-64m-in-attack-on-medical-supplier-mckesson/5295550
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