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iRhythm: Patient Information and 'Proprietary' Data Breached, Held for RansomCardiac monitoring firm iRhythm Technologies has told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that hackers recently stole proprietary data and patient health information from "certain" third-party-hosted business applications, and demanded a ransom. The company did not disclose whether it paid.

iRhythm disclosed a cyberattack via third-party apps where patient and proprietary data was stolen, followed by a ransom demand. iRhythm Technologies is a U.S.-based digital healthcare company specializing in remote cardiac monitoring and arrhythmia detection. Its best-known product is the Zio, a wearable patch that continuously records a patient’s heart rhythm for up to several […]