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Boston Children’s Hospital named in North Korean hacking operation

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Naomi Diaz reports: Boston Children’s Hospital is among roughly a dozen organizations publicly named by security researcher Vangelis Stykas as impacted by a large-scale North Korean hacking operation, Wired reported Aug. 5. The hospital disputes that its own systems were breached, saying the issue traced to a former contractor’s personal device. Mr. Stykas, chief technology officer at... Source

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Naomi Diaz reports: Boston Children’s Hospital is among roughly a dozen organizations publicly named by security researcher Vangelis Stykas as impacted by a large-scale North Korean hacking operation, Wired reported Aug. 5. The hospital disputes that its own systems were breached, saying the issue traced to a former contractor’s personal device. Mr. Stykas, chief technology officer at... Source
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Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Aug 7, 2026.

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