Texas Tech University System data breach impacts 1.4 million patients

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center disclosed a September 2024 cybersecurity event where attackers accessed and removed files from its network, potentially exposing personal, financial, and medical information for about 1.465 million individuals; the Interlock ransomware group later claimed responsibility and published roughly 2.1 million files (2.6 TB) on a dark-web extortion site. Impacted individuals will be notified and offered credit monitoring, and the organization advised vigilance against phishing and billing anomalies.