KETTERING — Sensitive information from thousands of patients is now on the dark web after the Kettering Health cyberattack
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“I would imagine there were a number of weeks of negotiations between the criminal group and the healthcare group, Kettering.” Luke Connolly, Emisoft Threat Analyst, said. “Ultimately, those negotiations seem to be broken down because all of this information was posted yesterday.
As reported on News Center 7 at 6, Connolly said thousands of Kettering Health patients’ information is on the dark web.
Interlock, a hacking group, posted almost a terabyte of information on their website.
“At any given time, there’s typically over 200 active groups that maintain leak sites, such as we seen with Interlock,” Connolly said.
He said that since last fall, Interlock has attacked dozens of healthcare systems across the nation.
On Interlock’s website, their mission says in part, “We are Interlock, a relentless collective that exposes the recklessness of companies failing to protect their most critical assets: customer data and intellectual property.”
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Thursday afternoon, Kettering Health announced they removed the tools Interlock used to gain access, enhanced network security, and patched vulnerabilities.
Despite their efforts, patients’ information is still on Interlock’s website.
“No immediate way you can remove it,” Connolly said.
The update provided by Kettering Health did not address News Center 7’s questions seeking information on services and protections that might be offered to patients and employees now that sensitive information has been released.
This is a developing story, and we will continue to update this page with new details.
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