Kaiser Permanente data breach may have affected millions

Kaiser Permanente on Monday said it was notifying millions of its members and patients of a data transmission to tech companies

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It was limited to IP address, name, information that could indicate a member or patient was signed into a Kaiser Permanente account or service

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Kaiser Permanente data breach may have affected millions

Kaiser Permanente on Monday said it was notifying millions of its members and patients of a data transmission to tech companies

It was limited to IP address, name, information that could indicate a member or patient was signed into a Kaiser Permanente account or service

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