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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