Cybercriminals seek to extort Fred Hutch patients for about $2M

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center patients are receiving extortion emails stemming from a reported data breach that occurred late last month.

WHY IT MATTERS

Nick Quinlan, a Fred Hutch patient, was asked to pay 50 bitcoin to prevent his data from being leaked, according to the NBC15 Seattle report.

"They had the chance to protect your data, but they refused to make a deal," the attackers said, according to a screenshot of an email Quinlan received on December 6.

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