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Ransomware gangs spent 2026 doubling down on a strategy that insurers and researchers have warned about for years: steal the data first, encrypt it second, and squeeze victims from both directions. A headline circulating Thursday from Security Boulevard put a number on just how fast that shift has moved, reporting that ransomware-linked data theft “surged…

Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several years developing a smartphone-based system called Wellsmith to help people manage their diabetes. But after investing $12 million, the network disclosed last year it was shutting down the company even though initial results were promising, with users losing weight and recording lower…