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More than a dozen computer scientists and software developers say OpenAI's Whisper tool, used in industries worldwide to translate and transcribe interviews, is prone to making up chunks of text.

The agency says it is contacting people affected through "personalized letters" that include specifics of "impacted personal data."

Health care centers and medical record-holders are targets for ransomware gangs. But why?

Change Healthcare says it has reviewed more than 90% of impacted files and has seen no signs that doctors’ charts or full medical histories were taken in the February ransomware attack.

The computer records at the chain's eight Florida affiliates were restored two weeks ago. Additional systems compromised are still being worked on, and the investigation into the hack is ongoing.

The plaintiff claims Palm Beach Health Network shared code from its website that allowed Facebook to target patients with personalized ads based on sensitive information.

It may take several months of analysis before UnitedHealth can identify and notify people who were affected in the February hack of the Change Healthcare subsidiary.

The VA sent letters to 9,076 veterans and notified the next of kin of 565 others who are deceased, and 209 veterans are being offered no-cost credit monitoring for a year.

The lawsuit alleges the hack was preventable and that the hospital “exacerbated the harm” by failing to notify those affected until “months” after the attack.

Consumers should know that medical identity theft can happen, whether from a large-scale breach or theft of an individual's data. The result could be thousands of dollars in medical bills.