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Ransomware exposes 1.2 million in cancer research data
SSNs, licences and research health information were affected.
- Organisation
- University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
- Disclosed
- 4 March 2026
- Affected
- 1,200,000
- Data
- SSNs, licences, health research data
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Ransomware exposes 1.2 million in cancer research data”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 4 Mar 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-03-04-university-of-hawai-i-cancer-center-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/biggest-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-of-march-2026.
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