ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been nearly 3 weeks since thousands of files from the Florida Department of Health were leaked onto the dark web.
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Now, sensitive medical information on dozens of Floridians is out there and even more than what we originally reported.
Action News Jax’s sister station WFTV confirmed RansomHub, an international ransomware gang, published more than 50,000 files are on the dark web earlier this month.
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They learned many of the patients whose information was compromised likely still don’t know.
Earlier this month, WFTV worked with a cyber threat analyst that accessed the names of each of the files. They found dozens of patients’ names listed on the files. Over the past 2 weeks, WFTV has gone through those file names and contacted some of the victims.
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