University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center confirms data leak following ransomware attack

2026-03-04T22:48:08Zed702d75c3fa48fe8836b561a08e221f66e528695848fcbe65e5fc2c83d50a6a
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What happened

Multiple cyber incidents and advisories reported: University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center confirmed a ransomware-linked data leak that exposed sensitive participant PII from the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study (including driver’s license numbers and voter registration data). Cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf attributed an espionage campaign to India-linked actors targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Separately, a German court convicted the alleged mastermind of a global investment scam network; the U.K. NCSC issued an advisory urging British

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