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Hackers Stole $7.5 Million in Grant Money From US Health Department
- Grant recipients in limbo as investigation of hacks continues
- Health-care sector increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks
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Hackers stole millions of dollars in grant money from the Department of Health and Human Services last year in a series of attacks, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Between late March and mid-November, the hackers gained access to an HHS system that processes civilian grant payments and withdrew about $7.5 million intended to be awarded to five accounts, said the people, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t public.