Coverage dated December 1, 2021

Data hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood LA patients

Headline from KOB 4

The group’s Los Angeles affiliate said it did not know who was responsible for the ransomware attack and did not believe any information had been used for “fraudulent purposes.”

New York Times's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

14 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Times

    Planned Parenthood Says Hacker Compromised Information for 400,000 Patients (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The group’s Los Angeles affiliate said it did not know who was responsible for the ransomware attack and did not believe any information had been used for “fraudulent purposes.”

  2. Insider

    More than 400,000 Planned Parenthood patients' data was exposed after hackers attacked the organization (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The data breach affected 21 Planned Parenthood locations in Los Angeles, a spokesperson told the Washington Post.

  3. Los Angeles Times

    Hack exposes personal information of 400,000 Planned Parenthood Los Angeles patients (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The reproductive healthcare group's Los Angeles branch said a hacker accessed the data in October, but it didn't appear any information has been used for fraudulent purposes.

  4. KOB 4

    Data hacked for 400,000 Planned Parenthood LA patients (opens KOB 4)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles branch of Planned Parenthood was hit by a data breach involving about 400,000 patients, but there is no indication that the information was

  5. CNN

    Ransomware attack on Planned Parenthood exposes 400,000 patients' personal data (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The Los Angeles chapter of Planned Parenthood suffered a ransomware attack in October that compromised the personal information of about 400,000 patients, the health care provider said Wednesday.

  6. Washington Post

    Planned Parenthood Los Angeles says hack breached about 400,000 patients’ information (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    The breach is limited to the Los Angeles affiliate, and spokesperson John Erickson said there is no indication that the information was “used for fraudulent purposes.”

  7. The Hill

    Data on thousands of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles patients breached (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA) announced Wednesday that it had been the target of a “cybersecurity incident” that compromised patient information.

  8. Bleeping Computer

    Planned Parenthood LA discloses data breach after ransomware attack (opens Bleeping Computer)

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    Bleeping Computer's feed description

    ​Planned Parenthood Los Angeles has disclosed a data breach after suffering a ransomware attack in October that exposed the personal information of approximately 400,000 patients.

  9. KYMA Yuma

    400k patients affected by Planned Parenthood ransomware data breach (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    A ransomware attack on Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles has exposed the personal data of nearly half a million patients.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Hackers access personal information of 400,000 Planned Parenthood patients (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Thousands of people had their personal information accessed by hackers in a data breach of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles last month.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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