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Tens of Thousands of University Hospital Patients Affected by Hacker Attack

Tens of Thousands of University Hospital Patients Affected by Hacker Attack

Ground.News May 21, 2026

Diagnoses, addresses, billing information: The University Hospital of Cologne is also affected by a cyber attack at a service provider.

Diagnoses, addresses, billing information: After the cyber-attack at a service provider, the university hospitals pull the emergency brake. What is behind the data gap?In a cyber-attack, data from more than 72,000 patients at the University Hospitals Freiburg, Ulm, Heidelberg and Tübingen has been stolen.The clinics reported this.The data was captured by an external service provider - the extent varies.According to the University Hospital in Fre…

Diagnoses, addresses, billing information: The University Hospital of Cologne is also affected by a cyber attack at a service provider.

Diagnoses, addresses, billing information: The University Hospital of Cologne is also affected by a cyber attack at a service provider.

Health data is sensitive information. Tens of thousands of cybercriminals have now fallen into their hands. Who is affected and how it goes on.

Ulm/Freiburg/Heidelberg/Tübingen – In a cyberattack on an external service provider, data from more than 71,000 patients at the four university hospitals in Baden-Württemberg was stolen. This was revealed in statements released this afternoon by the hospitals in Freiburg, Ulm, Heidelberg, and Tübingen. The...

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