Seattle cancer center confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang threats

A prominent cancer center based in Seattle is dealing with a cyberattack claimed by a notorious cybercrime gang that currently appears to be extorting the healthcare facility.
On Friday morning, the Hunters International ransomware group listed the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on its leak site, claiming to have stolen 533 GB of data.
Reports said the group was extorting individual patients as well.
When asked about the listing, a spokesperson for the facility directed Recorded Future News to a statement from December 11 confirming that it notified federal law enforcement agencies following the detection of unauthorized activity on its clinical network.
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is a nonprofit and the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.
It has eight clinical care centers that provide a variety of services and research.
The cancer center pledged to contact anyone affected by the information stolen by the hackers.
Local news outlet KIRO reported on Thursday of a harrowing situation in which patients of the cancer center received threatening emails from the hackers.
KIRO obtained one of the emails, which said the victim was one of 800,000 people who had sensitive information included in the batch of data stolen from the center.
The gang said they would remove the person's information for $50. The alleged information includes medical history, lab results, Social Security numbers and more.
Throughout 2023, ransomware actors have stooped to new lows in an effort to get victims to pay ransoms.
Right at the beginning of the year, the LockBit ransomware gang was forced to apologize after attacking Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Canada's largest pediatric health center.
Another prominent ransomware gang attempted to extort a healthcare network in Pennsylvania by publishing images of breast cancer patients.
Several experts noted that Hunters International - the same gang extorting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - has also attempted to threaten a cosmetic surgeon using photos of patients as leverage.
Attacks on healthcare organizations have continued to cause widespread damage throughout 2023, forcing facilities to cancel appointments and leaking millions of victims' information onto the dark web.
On Thursday, dental insurance giant Delta Dental of California filed breach notification documents in Maine and California saying nearly 7 million patients were affected by a ransomware gang's attacks on a popular file transfer software this summer.
The information leaked includes names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers or other state identification numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, tax identification numbers, individual health insurance policy numbers, and other health information.
Pro-China influence operation gained YouTube following, researchers find.
Before moving back to New York City, he worked for news outlets in South Africa, Jordan and Cambodia.
He previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublic.


This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:40:11 +0000


Cyber News related to Seattle cancer center confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang threats

Seattle cancer center confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang threats - A prominent cancer center based in Seattle is dealing with a cyberattack claimed by a notorious cybercrime gang that currently appears to be extorting the healthcare facility. On Friday morning, the Hunters International ransomware group listed the ...
10 months ago Therecord.media
Ransomware gang behind threats to Fred Hutch cancer patients - The Hunters International ransomware gang claimed to be behind a cyberattack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center that resulted in patients receiving personalized extortion threats. Fred Hutch is a Seattle-based cancer research and patient care and ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Some Seattle cancer center patients are receiving threatening emails after last month's data breach - SEATTLE - Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack hit a portion of the health care system's clinical network, possibly ...
10 months ago Abcnews.go.com
New AI System Aids Early Detection of Deadly Pancreatic Cancer Cases - A new research has unveiled a novel AI system designed to enhance the detection of the most prevalent type of pancreatic cancer. Identifying pancreatic cancer poses challenges due to the pancreas being obscured by surrounding organs, making tumor ...
9 months ago Cysecurity.news
Capital Health attack claimed by LockBit ransomware, risk of data leak - The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for a November 2023 cyberattack on the Capital Health hospital network and threatens to leak stolen data and negotiation chats by tomorrow. Capital Health is a primary healthcare service ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
The Week in Ransomware - Earlier this month, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation suffered a five-day disruption to their Tor data leak and negotiation sites, rumored to be caused by a law enforcement action. The FBI revealed this week that they hacked the BlackCat/ALPHV ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand - We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government. While the Tor onion domain seizure was a ...
7 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Targeting homeowners' data - As these companies obtain a large amount of sensitive information from their customers, they become attractive targets for ransomware gangs to conduct double-extortion attacks. Finland is also warning of Akira ransomware increasingly targeting ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
The Top 10 Ransomware Groups of 2023 - This article takes an in-depth look at the rise in ransomware attacks over the past year and the criminal groups driving the surge in cyber extortion. LockBit has established itself as one of the most notorious ransomware operations since emerging on ...
9 months ago Securityboulevard.com
Hive Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis - This past week, on January 26th, to be exact, the FBI successfully shut down the Hive ransomware group and saved victims over a hundred million dollars in ransom payments and remediation costs. As ransomware continues to be a national security threat ...
1 year ago Heimdalsecurity.com
9 Best DDoS Protection Service Providers for 2024 - eSecurity Planet content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. One of the most powerful defenses an organization can employ against distributed ...
11 months ago Esecurityplanet.com
The new ransomware behind Indonesia's data center attack - The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia's temporary National Data Center. Indonesia is building out National Data Centers to securely store ...
4 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
The new ransomware behind Indonesia's data center attack - The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia's temporary National Data Center. Indonesia is building out National Data Centers to securely store ...
4 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Integris Health patients get extortion emails after cyberattack - Integris Health patients in Oklahoma are receiving blackmail emails stating that their data was stolen in a cyberattack on the healthcare network, and if they did not pay an extortion demand, the data would be sold to other threat actors. Integris ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
BlackSuit ransomware gang claims attack on KADOKAWA corporation - The BlackSuit ransomware gang claimed a recent cyberattack on KADOKAWA corporation and is now threatening to publish stolen data if a ransom is not paid. KADOKAWA is a Japanese media conglomerate that operates numerous companies in film, publishing, ...
4 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
BlackSuit ransomware gang claims attack on KADOKAWA corporation - The BlackSuit ransomware gang claimed a recent cyberattack on KADOKAWA corporation and is now threatening to publish stolen data if a ransom is not paid. KADOKAWA is a Japanese media conglomerate that operates numerous companies in film, publishing, ...
4 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Ransomware Roundup - The Ransomware Roundup report aims to provide readers with brief insights into the evolving ransomware landscape and the Fortinet solutions that protect against those variants. This edition of the Ransomware Roundup covers the 8base ransomware. 8base ...
10 months ago Feeds.fortinet.com
How ransomware gangs are engaging - As ransomware gangs continue to market themselves as legitimate businesses complete with customer service representatives, new research from Sophos showed that threat actors are expanding public relations efforts to further pressure victims into ...
10 months ago Techtarget.com
Medusa Ransomware Turning Your Files into Stone - Unit 42 Threat Intelligence analysts have noticed an escalation in Medusa ransomware activities and a shift in tactics toward extortion, characterized by the introduction in early 2023 of their dedicated leak site called the Medusa Blog. The Unit 42 ...
9 months ago Unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
US mortgage lender loanDepot confirms ransomware attack - Leading U.S. mortgage lender loanDepot confirmed today that a cyber incident disclosed over the weekend was a ransomware attack that led to data encryption. LoanDepot is a major nonbank mortgage lender in the United States, with over $140 billion in ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
The Week in Ransomware - Today's column brings you two weeks of information on the latest ransomware attacks and research after we skipped last week's article. BleepingComputer has learned that some of the BlackCat/ALPHV affiliates are not buying the explanation and have ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
The Week in Ransomware - Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison. On Tuesday, the Australian, US, and UK governments announced sanctions against Aleksandr Gennadievich ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
FBI disrupts Blackcat ransomware operation, creates decryption tool - The Department of Justice announced today that the FBI successfully breached the ALPHV ransomware operation's servers to monitor their activities and obtain decryption keys. On December 7th, BleepingComputer first reported that the ALPHV, aka ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com
Ransomware's Impact May Include Heart Attacks, Strokes & PTSD - First-order harms: Direct targets of ransomware attacks. The increasing convergence of IT and OT leave physical infrastructures more vulnerable to ransomware, even though most ransomware operators lack the capability to directly compromise OT or ...
9 months ago Techrepublic.com
Ransomware Roundup - On a bi-weekly basis, FortiGuard Labs gathers data on ransomware variants of interest that have been gaining traction within our datasets and the OSINT community. The Ransomware Roundup report aims to provide readers with brief insights into the ...
7 months ago Feeds.fortinet.com

Latest Cyber News


Cyber Trends (last 7 days)


Trending Cyber News (last 7 days)