Sharecare has launched AskMD, an AI-powered health navigation app, nationwide across the US. The free app turns health questions into personalised plans by integrating users' medical history, health insurance details, and location. AskMD connects people with appropriate doctors based on specialty, quality, and insurance coverage whilst providing cost transparency for prescriptions and procedures. The app rewards healthy actions with incentives such as gift cards and local business discounts. Built on Sharecare's proprietary multi-model architecture with clinical safety controls, AskMD organises health information into summaries that help patients communicate effectively with practitioners. It does not diagnose or prescribe but directs users to appropriate professional care. The app is available on the App Store, Google Play, web, and through the Medicare App Library.

Ransomware Group shinyhunters hits: Sharecare, Inc. HookPhish team Summary. In the latest cybersecurity news, Sharecare, Inc. - an organization based in US - has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group shinyhunters. This data breach, discovered on Aug 14, 2026, 06:00 UTC, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as HookPhish continue through 2026. Incident report. | Target Organization | Sharecare, Inc. | | Threat Group | shinyhunters | | Summary | This Company data was published due to them hiring a very incompetent and unskilled negotiator. If you choose incompetency to negotiate for you, that is on you. HookPhish will be publishing companies data who are negotiating with HookPhish, without a warning if negotiators continue to take HookPhish as misinformed individuals and BS HookPhish. Over 3.4 million Salesforce records containing some PII and 28GB+ of internal corporate data was compromised. The Company failed to reach an agreement with HookPhish despite its incredible patience, all the chances and offers HookPhish made. They don't care. Size: 25GB+ (compressed) | Updated: 13 August 2026 | SHA256: 195842b8a53e8d7fe63238dbed753c1c28a86034ca98f99527ef743528b6cc45 | | Date of Breach | Aug 13, 2026, 11:10 UTC | | Discovery Date | Aug 14, 2026, 06:00 UTC | | Region | US | | Business Sector | Healthcare | How to reduce your ransomware risk. Most ransomware intrusions start with a stolen password or a phishing email. A few proactive steps sharply cut your exposure: * security awareness training - close the gap attackers exploit. * dark web monitoring - close the gap attackers exploit. Disclaimer. HookPhish does not engage in the exfiltration, downloading, taking, hosting, viewing, reposting, or disclosure of any stolen information. All breach data reported here is sourced from publicly available threat intelligence feeds for awareness purposes only.

AArete appoints Pam Shipley as chief executive officer. 13 August 2026 Consulting.us AArete, a Chicago-based management consultancy, has appointed Pam Shipley as chief executive officer. Shipley, a Fortune 25 healthcare executive with 30+ years of experience, succeeds AArete founder Loren Trimble, who has let the consulting firm for 18 years. Trimble will remain at the firm as a board member. Shipley has extensive leadership experience across healthcare technology, provider operations, and consulting-driven transformation. She joins AArete from Centene Corporation, a managed care company, where she spent nearly 14 years and was chief strategy officer. Shipley previously was SVP of performance markets at Kaiser Permanente and chief operating officer at Sharecare. She has a bachelor's degree from Chestnut Hill College. Founded in 2008, AArete provides strategy, profitability improvement, data and analytics, and technology services to clients in healthcare, education, public sector, financial services, retail, technology and professional services, and private equity. The firm has more than 500 employees listed on LinkedIn. The firm has a particular focus on advising healthcare payers, including US health plans across Medicaid, Medicare, ACA Marketplace, and commercial. "What we've built at AArete would not be possible without a culture built on integrity, excellence and care for the people we serve, and I'm proud that Pam will continue that legacy," Trimble said. AArete in 2025 received a strategic investment from Parthenon Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm. "AArete has become an essential partner to many of the nation's leading health plans, and Pam is exactly the right leader to build on the firm's momentum going forward," said Dan Killeen, partner at Parthenon Capital. "Her payer expertise and track record of driving growth and performance make her uniquely suited to lead AArete into the future."