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Texas Medicaid Subcontractor Axed After Russia Hack

Texas Medicaid contractor Accenture has fired its subcontractor Benefit Recovery Specialists Inc. following a 2020 data breach affecting almost 275,000 people. So reports The Dallas Morning News.

ransomware 3998798 1920The breach was reportedly caused by a ransomware attack from Russia.

A spokesperson for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said the agency didn't learn that 98.5% of possible victims were Texas Medicaid patients until asked by the newspaper.

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