Cyberattack against the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital: hackers released data
The Corbeil-Essonnes hospital center.
AFP - EMMANUEL DUNAND
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The group of hackers who had hacked the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital center carried out their threats.
Since the hospital refused to pay the demanded ransom, they started releasing data.
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The group of Lockbit 3.0 hackers who orchestrated
the cyberattack against the computer system
of the southern Ile-de-France hospital center of Corbeil-Essonnes (CHSF) had set an ultimatum for the payment of the ransom he was asking for, it was this Friday, September 23 .
And since the hospital refused to pay, the cybercriminals released data from the hack carried out a month ago on Sunday.
The data published "
seems to concern our users, our staff and our partners
", the CHSF announced on Sunday in a press release sent to AFP.
A “
double extortion
”
But the establishment specifies that certain databases, such as those which include personalized patient files (DPI) and files relating to human resources management, “
have not been compromised
”.
According to information from the specialized site Zataz, there would still be 11 gigabytes of sensitive content that were broadcast.
And the hackers will not stop there, according to a specialist interviewed by AFP: “
This is a double extortion, consisting in exfiltrating part of the stolen data to put pressure on the victims.
It's a classic
," he said.
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Initially in
the amount of 10 million dollars
, the ransom would have been reduced to "
2 million dollars (one million to destroy the stolen data and one million to restore access to information via their dedicated software)
", according to the media. specialized Zataz.
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