The Ransomware Gang claims kettering Health Hack

The ransom gang claimed the responsibility of penetration on Kettering Health, and a network of hospitals, clinics and medical centers in Ohio. The healthcare system is still recovering Two weeks after the Ransomwari attack was forced to close all its computer systems.

Interlock, relatively new Ransomware Group The healthcare organizations in the United States were targeted Since September 2024, it has published a publication on its official official website, claiming that it had stolen more than 940 GB of data from kettering health.

CNN mentioned for the first time On May 20, this love was behind the breach of health. At that time, however, Interlock did not get publicly credit. Usually, this may mean that Internet criminals are trying to blackmail a ransom of their victims, threatening to issue stolen data. The fact that Interlock may now be advanced can indicate that negotiations have not gone anywhere.

John Weimer, Vice President of Emergency Operations, told Kettering Health, formerly local media, that the health care company had not paid a ransom.

TK, Kettering Health spokesperson, did not provide a comment when reached by Techcrunch on Wednesday.

Interlock did not respond to a request for comment sent to an email address on the dark website.

It seems that a brief review of some of the files posted on its website on the dark web shows that infiltrators were able to steal a set of data from the internal network of Kettering Health, including private health information, such as patient names, patient numbers and clinical summaries written by doctors, which include categories such as mental drugs, health concerns, and other patients. Other stolen data includes employee data and contents of shared disk engines.

One of the folders has documents, such as background files, backgrounds, and other special identification information for police officers at the Health Police Department.

Monday, kettering health Publish update On the electronic attack, saying that the company was able to restore the “basic components” of the electronic health records system, which is provided by EPIC, a health care software company. The company said that this was “a major teacher in the broader restoration efforts and a vital step towards returning to normal operations” that allow it to “update and reach electronic health records, facilitate communication through care teams, and coordinate patient care with increased speed and clarity.”