A Six-Day Intrusion in March Became 3.7 Million Patients in August

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CareCloud's breach count went from roughly 350,000 to 3,756,469 — five months after a six-day intrusion. The gap is a data-lineage problem, not a PR one.
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CareCloud told federal regulators this week that 3,756,469 people were affected by a March breach of an AWS environment. The figure was first reported as roughly 350,000. The gap between those two numbers is the part worth studying.