Bridge Michigan: Ten months later, McLaren reveals 740,000 impacted by ransomware attack

But consumer advocates, like Suzanne Bernstein with the privacy protection advocacy group the Electronic Privacy Information Center, worry that breaches like those experienced by McLaren risk “chilling access to health care” as hacking attacks become more frequent. 

“We’re often seeing reporting of the breach of really sensitive health information from hospital systems,” said Bernstein. “There’s just an increased amount of data collection, which only increases the risk that data has to unauthorized use or breach.” 

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