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Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data
Publisher description: The healthtech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.
TechCrunch | Oct 2, 2026 | Zack Whittaker
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Epic’s widely used MyChart software is used to maintain over 320 million patient records across hospitals and doctor’s offices across the United States. The company paid the hackers twice not to publish the stolen data. This includes medical records stolen during a breach at electronic health data storage giant CareCloud, millions of rows of patient data from pharmaceutical distributor McKesson, and an unspecified amount of stolen data from U. K. -based health tech company Craneware, whose software is used across North America.
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