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Drug distributor Cencora paid hackers $75 million in bitcoin blackmail payments in March.

The hackers who carried out the cyber attack on the drug distributor Cencora received a $75 million extortion payment in three installments in the form of bitcoin in March this year, the largest cyber extortion payment known to date, according to people familiar with the matter.。In its July quarterly report, the company revealed the costs incurred in cybersecurity incidents, saying that most of the $31.4 million in other charges were incurred as a result of cybersecurity incidents in which data was compromised.。It is not clear what the money covers in relation to the cyber attack.。Two months after the incident was disclosed, Cencora began notifying individuals and national authorities that personal data, including names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, prescriptions and drugs, had been stolen.。

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