Cardiac patients’ medical data stolen and held to ransom

Cardiac monitoring provider iRhythm has been hit by a data theft followed by an extortion attempt. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , iRhythm revealed it was contacted by someone on June 9 who claimed to have stolen sensitive information, including proprietary data, patient PHI, and other personal information. That person demanded payment in exchange for not publishing the data.