SuspectFile reports:
A severe blow to Argentina’s public healthcare system has been dealt by the ransomware group Medusa, which, in recent days, through one of its affiliates, carried out a significant attack on the IT networks of the Hospital de Alta Complejidad El Cruce “Néstor Kirchner” (Hospital El Cruce), located in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province. The attack resulted in the compromise and loss of over 760GB of sensitive data. The hospital’s official website is currently offline, taken down by their IT department to manage the incident.
The ransom demanded by Medusa for the deletion of the stolen files is $200,000 in Bitcoin. The group has set the ransom payment deadline for February 6.
Read more at SuspectFile.
Update of January 25: SuspectFile has updated their post to include examples of some extremely sensitive medical information that Medusa leaked and to report that Medusa claims that although some files were locked, they avoided locking anything that would affect the hospital’s operations. The hospital’s website is still offline.