TX: FBI Investigating Possible DSHS Hacker

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http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/department-state-health-services-dshs/fbi-investigating-possible-dshs-hacker/

The FBI is investigating whether a hacker broke into the state's confidential 
cancer registry, possibly holding personal information and medical records 
hostage.

Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs says state health officials 
notified his office in early May that a hacker was holding the Texas Cancer 
Registry hostage and demanding a ransom. Suehs says preliminary investigation 
results from the FBI indicate the threat may be a hoax, and officials with the 
Department of State Health Services, which oversees the cancer registry, say 
they don.t believe the names, dates of birth, social security numbers and 
personal medical information contained in it were stolen. But if the FBI 
determines private records were revealed, Suehs says health officials will 
quickly notify the people listed in the registry.

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