Nearly 300,000 people affected by data breach in DISH ransomware attack

A February ransomware attack against satellite broadcast giant DISH leaked the personal information of nearly 300,000 people, according to regulatory filings made by the company last week. DISH confirmed that it was hit with ransomware after it suffered widespread outages. The attack affected DISH’s internal communications, customer call centers, and websites. The company told regulators

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