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Healthcare giant admits over 5 million patients affected by ransomware attack

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Summary
Nutrition label

74% Informative

Ransomware attack occurred in May and threw the company into turmoil.

Patients' personal data was compromised, including medical record numbers and lab tests.

Insurance information, Medicare numbers and Social Security numbers were also leaked.

It's not clear if the company paid a ransom to get their systems back online.

VR Score

62

Informative language

55

Neutral language

42

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

70

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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