"The Groupement hospitalier de territoire de la région Grand Est has been hacked. As a new method of blackmail, the hackers have put the archive of almost 28 GB of data up for sale on the Darknet for a limited time. When it expires, if it is not sold, passports, medical analyses, bank details, patient files... will circulate freely on the networks.

 

[...] For the moment, it costs $1.3 million to purchase these data. At least, that's what the hospital group will have to pay if it doesn't want to be bought out by the wrong people. But that's not all, as this is a temporary "Premium" offer. Data is only available at this exclusive rate for one week. After seven days, if no buyer has come forward, the information will be freely distributed on the network... "

 

https://www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actualites/cybersecurite-hopitaux-grand-victimes-enorme-cyberattaque-98173/

Credit : Louis Neveu - Futura Tech

 

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