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Medicare Warns of Breach Affecting 254,000 Beneficiaries  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun notifying as many as 254,000 Medicare enrollees that their personal data may have been exposed. So reports CNBC.

MedicareThe affected group, which makes up less than 0.4% Medicare’s 64.5 million enrollees, will be sent new Medicare identification numbers and cards.

According to CMS, the breach was due to a ransomware attack on subcontractor Healthcare Management Solutions, which told CNBC it regrets “any concern this incident may have caused our community and will notify impacted individuals pursuant to legal and contractual obligations.”

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