Health - Cyber attack on US subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care
A hacker attack was carried out on a US subsidiary of the blood laundry specialist Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) back in September. This emerges from a report submitted by the dialysis company to the SEC on Wednesday. According to the report, data was stolen from the attack on the heart specialist Cardiovascular Consultants, possibly affecting around 500,000 current and former patients and 200 employees.
Fresenius Medical Care immediately took countermeasures and initiated a forensic investigation, it added. The FMC subsidiary Fresenius Vascular Care is also currently being investigated for possible effects of the incident. According to the information provided, the dialysis group does not expect the incident to have a significant impact on its earnings situation. In a statement, the company said it was taking the incident very seriously and apologized "deeply for any inconvenience this incident may have caused".
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Source: www.stern.de
