Hackers say they didn't encrypt health system's data to not 'interfere with patient care'
By Admin | January 08, 2024
A hacker group said it only stole data from Trenton, N.J.-based Capital Health — but didn't encrypt it — "so as not to interfere with patient care," databreaches.net reported Jan. 8.
The LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang said it took 7 terabytes worth of patient data "valued at $250,000" and gave the health system until Jan. 9 to pay the ransom, according to the story.
"We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care," the hackers reportedly wrote on their website. "We just stole over 10 million files."
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