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Russian hackers break into Australian medical clinic?s patient records, demand $4, 000 ransom
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:42:24 -0600 (CST)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://thenextweb.com/au/2012/12/10/australian-medical-practice-patient-database-held-to-ransom-by-russian-hackers/ By Joel Falconer The Next Web 10 Dec '12 A Gold Coast, Australia medical practice has been held to ransom by a group of Russian hackers. The hackers encrypted the practice?s patient database, rendering it unusable until decrypted. The hackers have asked for the fairly low sum of $4,000, ABC News reports, noting that scammers tend to go for a low-yield, high-volume approach to increase their chances of a payout. The practice in question is Miami Family Medical Centre, whose co-owner David Wood believed that anti-virus software was enough of a protection against intrusion and other security threats. Cases like this should serve as a wake-up call for businesses to get proper security advice from professionals -- particularly those responsible for sensitive medical information. When you deal with information like this, ignorance is not an excuse. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Supporters: Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/) Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk management services and on-demand security solutions to establish customized risk-based programs to address information security and compliance challenges.
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