Pour les pirates, tous les moyens sont bons pour mettre la pression pour obtenir le paiement de leur rançon. Voici un nouvel exemple qui montre leur absence totale de pitié.
Le groupe de hackers russes nommé ALPHV ou BlackCat a en effet publié des photos dénudées de patients atteints de cancer à la suite d’une attaque de rançongiciel contre un système hospitalier en Pennsylvanie le mois dernier.
Selon la note de rançon, les hackers ont également volé des informations de passeport et des données personnelles liées aux patients du Lehigh Valley Health Network. Le gang de pirate avait par ailleurs averti que le cas serait largement médiatisé s’il ne payait pas la rançon, ce qui se vérifie ici malheureusement.
ALPHV/BlackCat, un groupe russophone de hackers criminels, a diffusé des photos dénudées de malades du cancer pour forcer un hôpital attaqué à payer la rançon. Tous les moyens sont bons pour les pirates, même les plus abjects.
A ransomware gang has posted photos of Lehigh Valley Health Network cancer patients on the dark web after the health network refused to pay a ransom last month following a cyberattack. « This unconscionable criminal act takes advantage of patients receiving cancer treatment, and LVHN condemns this despicable behavior, » the network said in a prepared statement.
Ruthless Russian-linked hackers have posted naked photos of cancer patients on the dark web after a Pennsylvania health group refused its ransom demands. Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) said that three intimate photos of patients receiving radiation oncology treatment were among items posted online by BlackCat – « a ransomware gang associated with Russia. »
Lehigh Valley Health Network found unauthorized activity on its IT system on February 6, and notified law enforcement On March 4, a Russian hacker network called ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, released a ransom note threatening to publish confidential patient data READ MORE: How hackable is YOUR online life?
A Russian hacker group released nude photos of cancer patients over the weekend after carrying out a ransomware attack on a Pennsylvania hospital system last month. Hackers from the group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, also stole passport information and personal data related to patients from the Lehigh Valley Health Network, according to a picture of the ransom note obtained by malware database vx-underground.
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