Hacker Steals 650,000 Health Care Records
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 06/29/2016 08:06 AM
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Apparently, medical records are a hot commodity on the dark web. A hacker by the handle of "thedarkoverlord" is selling health records of 650,000 million patients.
The going price ranges from 151 bitcoins (nearly $100,000) to 607 bitcoins (nearly $400,000). The hacker says that he has already sold $100,000 in records belonging to the Georgia facility and it is speculated that he is extorting the institution for additional funds to not continue the sales.
The hacker left a message on the DeepDotWeb: “Next time an adversary comes to you and offers you an opportunity to cover this up and make it go away for a small fee to prevent the leak, take the offer. There is a lot more to come.”
It is speculated that the hacker got a foothold into the systems via a spear phishing campaign.
Source: SCMagazine
The going price ranges from 151 bitcoins (nearly $100,000) to 607 bitcoins (nearly $400,000). The hacker says that he has already sold $100,000 in records belonging to the Georgia facility and it is speculated that he is extorting the institution for additional funds to not continue the sales.
The hacker left a message on the DeepDotWeb: “Next time an adversary comes to you and offers you an opportunity to cover this up and make it go away for a small fee to prevent the leak, take the offer. There is a lot more to come.”
It is speculated that the hacker got a foothold into the systems via a spear phishing campaign.
Source: SCMagazine
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