Nude Photos Of Pennsylvania Cancer Patients Published By Russian Hackers After Health Network Won’t Pay Ransom
Russian hacker group stole information The photos were taken by a Pennsylvania healthcare network.
Lehigh Valley Health Network, which consists of 13 hospitals, and 28 other healthcare centers was under attack by ALPHV. They were nicknamed BlackCat.
“We have been in your network for a long time and have had time to study your business,” The hackers threatened March 4. “In addition, we have stolen your confidential data and are ready to publish it. We have the data of your client base of patients, namely their passports, personal data, questionnaires, nude photos and the like. Our blog is followed by a lot of world media, the case will be widely publicized and will cause significant damage to your business.”
“Your time is running out. We are ready to unleash our full power on you!” They came to an agreement.
The ransom was refused by the health network. Three screenshots showing radiation oncology treatments were uploaded to the dark web. Seven documents also contained information about patients. Lehigh Valley Live reported.
“This unconscionable criminal act takes advantage of patients receiving cancer treatment, and LVHN condemns this despicable behavior,” The network was stated.
Mitte-February was a busy time for Dr. Brian Nester. He is the president and chief executive officer of Lehigh Valley Health Network. statement, saying, “Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has been the target of a cybersecurity attack by a ransomware gang, known as BlackCat, which has been associated with Russia. As of today, the attack has not disrupted LVHN’s operations. Based on our initial analysis, the attack was on the network supporting one physician practice located in Lackawanna County. We take this very seriously and protecting the data security and privacy of our patients, physicians and staff is critical.”
“This group, in particular, is unusual to some extent. They will go after hospitals because this is where the money is. And they will go after US hospitals because this is where a lot of money is, and they’ve been successful in the past,” Dr. Pablo Molina, chief information security officer at Drexel University. said.
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LVHN claimed it was still investigating the incident, noting that while the attack was centered around Delta Medix’s IT system, its impact on other IT platforms was limited. “We will provide notices as required to those whose information was involved,” They stated.
Lehigh Valley Health Network history The Allentown Hospital was opened in 1899 by 13 women from the area who had raised $5,300 to purchase a piece of land near Allentown. A group of Lutheran clergy bought a field on Bethlehem’s 102-acre border in 1958. In 1961 the Muhlenberg Hospital Center was established.
Dorothy Pool, Dorothy Parker Pool’s wife, was forced to make the long-distance trip to New York City in late 1960s for treatment of her cancer. That prompted Leonard Pool to donate $5 million to help the construction of the flagship hospital of the network: Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania. The John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center is located in the hospital. This center was chosen as the second Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance member in 2015.
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital is the network’s only pediatric hospital.
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