A massive hospital empire reports that hackers lifted 4.5 million patient records earlier this year. The attack affected Community Health Systems, the operators of 206 hospitals in 29 states. The company described the hackers as an “Advanced Persistent Threat” group from China in an SEC regulatory filing and hired a firm called Mandiant to investigate. It’s unclear whether the hackers who attacked the hospitals are the same Chinese Army unit, but the methods were similar. So they’re either trying to steal identities or figure out how American doctors work.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/why-chinese-hackers-stole-4-5-million-us-hospital-recor-1623284602