A Ransomware Attack At Memorial Hospital Compromised The Lives Of 120K Victims.

120,000 people are being notified by the tiny Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia, that a ransomware assault has taken their personal data. When the ransomware attack was first made public in November, the Organization claimed that even though it's systems were unavailable and personnel would have to enter patient information on paper, business as usual continued.

In order to ascertain the extent of the breach and what was compromised, memorial hired cybersecurity specialist and started a forensic investigation. The Embargo ransomware organization claimed credit for the attack, although it has yet to disclose the type of ransomware that attacked it's systems. The group claimed to have taken 1.15 Gigabytes of data from the Hospital's systems, which are now accessible to the public on it's Tor leak site.

According to Memorial filing with the Maine Attorney General's office, notification letters offering a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, credit monitoring, identity theft recovery services through IDX, and a year of free identity protection services were mailed to impacted Maine residents on February 7. Memorial mentions in it's letter that names, social security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance details, medical treatment, and medical history are among the sensitive data that might have been affected.

" Please note that Memorial has no current evidence to suggest Misuse or attempted misuse of personal information involved," the Memorial stated. However, since the material is now easily accessible on a public website, it might not be long before threat actors take advantage of it.