{"id":286078,"date":"2026-07-05T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/medtronic-notifies-3-8-million-after-shinyhunters-data-breach\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:25:11","slug":"medtronic-notifies-3-8-million-after-shinyhunters-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/medtronic-notifies-3-8-million-after-shinyhunters-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Medtronic Notifies 3.8 Million After ShinyHunters Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medtronic Notifies 3.8 Million After ShinyHunters Data Breach<\/a><\/p>\n

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Medtronic Notifies 3.8 Million After ShinyHunters Data Breach<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Pierluigi Paganini<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/ July 05, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Medtronic says a ShinyHunters attack exposed the personal and medical data of over 3.8 million people. Products and operations were unaffected.<\/h2>\n

Medtronic is notifying 3,834,294 individuals after a cyberattack by the ShinyHunters extortion group exposed personal and medical information. <\/p>\n

In April 2026, Medtronic confirmed a cyberattack on its corporate IT systems after the hacker group\u00a0ShinyHunters\u00a0claimed to have stolen over 9 million records. The company did not share details on the security breach.<\/p>\n

Medtronic is an international medical equipment giant with 90,000 employees and operations in 150 countries. It\u00a0is the largest medical device maker in the world by revenue ($33.5 billion) and also develops healthcare technologies and therapies.<\/p>\n

The company said an unauthorized party accessed data in some corporate IT systems. It found no impact on products, patient safety, operations, financial systems, or care delivery. The company noted its IT, product, and manufacturing networks are separate, and hospital networks remain independently managed and secure.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedtronic has determined that an unauthorized party accessed data in certain Medtronic corporate IT systems. We have not identified any impact to our products, patient safety, connections to our customers, our manufacturing and distribution operations, our financial reporting systems or our ability to meet patient needs.\u201d reads the\u00a0press release\u00a0published by the company. \u201cThe networks that support our corporate IT systems, our products and our manufacturing and distribution operations are separate. Hospital customer networks remain separate from Medtronic IT networks and are secured and managed by customers\u2019 IT teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medtronic states it had contained the breach and activated incident response with the help of external…<\/p>\n

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