Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles, CA has announced it has suffered a ransomware attack on August 27, 2021. The attack was conducted by the Vice Society ransomware gang, which gained access to its network and electronic medical record system. Prior to using ransomware to encrypt files, the gang exfiltrated patient data, some of which has been posted on the gang’s dark web data leak site.
Barlow Respiratory Hospital said while the attack affected several IT systems, the hospital was able to continue to operate under its emergency procedures and patient care was not interrupted.
The protected health information of patients of Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO has been stolen in a ransomware attack conducted by the Hive ransomware gang. Earlier this month, a sample of the stolen data was uploaded to the ransomware gang’s data leak site in an effort to pressure the medical center into paying the ransom. The Hive ransomware gang has attacked multiple healthcare providers in the past few weeks, including Memorial Health System.
