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Heart Centre Cyberattack in Australia, DragonForce Claims Responsibility for Sensitive Data Theft

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Dissent

SuspectFile reports:

The healthcare sector continues to be a prime target for cybercriminal groups, with targeted attacks putting patient safety and medical information confidentiality at risk. The recent attack on Heart Centre, a network of cardiology clinics located in New South Wales, Australia, carried out by the DragonForce group, once again highlights the vulnerability of hospital IT infrastructures and raises questions about the real responsibilities in protecting sensitive data.

…  The DragonForce cybercriminal group contacted SuspectFile.com, claiming responsibility for breaching Heart Centre’s IT systems on January 16, 2025, and successfully encrypting the data stored on the hospital’s servers. Before executing the encryption, the group stated that it had exfiltrated approximately 5GB of documents containing sensitive information such as patient data, diagnoses, and other protected health information (PHI).

Read more at SuspectFile.

Category: Health DataMalwareNon-U.S.

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