A hacker group claims to have stolen a trove of 500GB of medical information from Ziv Medical Middle in Safed, Israel — together with 100,000 information associated to the Israeli Protection Pressure (IDF).
The middle itself issued a assertion on Nov. 27 confirming that it was investigating a cyber incident. A subsequent Telegram publish on Dec. 2 by the Malek Group cyber-threat group took duty for the hit, claiming that the info contains 700,000 medical paperwork, with media reviews saying this contains sufferers’ private and medical info, corresponding to kinds of ailments suffered and pharmaceuticals.
The hacker group additionally provided a sequence of screenshots of the allegedly stolen info. It was not clear in the event that they’re making an attempt to promote the info or simply making it out there for obtain.
Researchers first noticed Malek Group on Oct. 8, when it posted claims of hacking into Ono Educational School, a personal school in Israel. That publish additionally displayed private information allegedly stolen from workers and college students, together with campus CCTV movies.
The Israeli medical sector has been an more and more fashionable goal of late: The Ragnar Locker gang, for instance, hit the Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Middle in September and stole 1TB of information, together with private info, inner emails, funds, medical playing cards, and different delicate information.
