Security News > 2022 > October > Dutch police arrest hacker who breached healthcare software vendor

The Dutch police have arrested a 19-year-old man in western Netherlands, suspected of breaching the systems of a healthcare software vendor in the country, and stealing tens of thousands of documents.

These documents might contain sensitive personal and medical data of patients of healthcare providers using the company's systems.

The police traced the man after receiving a report from the hacked company and are currently examining the evidence collected during the arrest at the suspect's home.

While the police's announcement does not name the company that was breached, BleepingComputer found a press release from Dutch technology company Nedap, disclosing a hacking incident of its Carenzorgt.

Carengzorgt is a medical portal used by 9,023 healthcare providers and almost half a million active users, offering features like appointment booking, doctor-patient and family-patient communication, and medical data safekeeping.

Simultaneously, Nedap informed the healthcare providers using the breached portal about the security incident.

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