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iRhythm Cardiac Monitoring Breach Exposes Patient PHI for 12 Million Zio Patch Wearers

iRhythm Holdings disclosed a data breach after social engineering granted attackers access to third-party systems hosting protected health information for approximately 12 million patients. A ransom demand was received on 9 June, and HIPAA breach notification timelines are now active for any covered entity whose patient data iRhythm processes.