Oncology firm Novocure says cyberattack exposed US patient records

Oncology company Novocure said on Tuesday a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access to certain information systems in mid-August exposed internal records of more than 1,400 US patients.

The breach adds to a growing number of cyberattacks on the health-care sector, including medical device makers Abbott, Stryker, Medtronic and Boston Scientific, drugmaker Novo Nordisk and drug-delivery equipment supplier West Pharmaceutical Services.