Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: Montefiore Medical Center
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Former Montefiore Medical Center employee
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined
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