A Six-Day Intrusion in March Became 3.7 Million Patients in August

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/a-six-day-intrusion-in-march-became-37-million-patients-in-august. CareCloud's breach count went from roughly 350,000 to 3,756,469 — five months after a six-day intrusion. The gap is a data-lineage problem, not a PR one. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #data-breach, #healthcare-security, #incident-response, #cloud-security, #cybersecurity, #healthcare-cybersecurity, #cyber-attack, #hipaa, and more. This story was written by: @nickmarsteller. Learn more about this writer by checking @nickmarsteller's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. CareCloud told federal regulators this week that 3,756,469 people were affected by a March breach of an AWS environment. The figure was first reported as roughly 350,000. The gap between those two numbers is the part worth studying.