Hackers Hit UNM Hospital and Offer Patient Compensation
Original title: Hackers hit UNM hospital, then apologize and offer patients $2,500. In a new statement, they reveal more about the incident.
BYOD ransomware group that attacked University of New Mexico hospital apologized and offered up to $2,500 per affected patient while keeping the stolen data.
The BYOD group claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack on the University of New Mexico hospital. The group apologized after discovering hospital machines were compromised and offered $2,500 compensation to affected patients. They stated they targeted the university sector only but the attack impacted hospital infrastructure. BYOD claimed they did not lock critical running applications and that the university's response caused service disruptions. The group kept the data despite the apology.
- BYOD group offered $2,500 per affected patient for inconvenience.
- Attack affected University of New Mexico hospital and affiliated systems.
- BYOD claimed they targeted university only and did not stop infrastructure.
- Hospital systems were shut down by university response after attack.
- Data remained with attackers despite compensation offer.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| University of New Mexico hospital | — |
- Victims
- UNM hospital patients
- Organizations
- University of New MexicoBYOD
- Countries
- United States
From the original article
5 min read at databreaches.netIn more than 20 years of blogging about breaches, DataBreaches has never seen ransomware threat actors offer monetary compensation to patients affected by their attack. We have seen threat actors regret hitting a hospital or a facility providing direct patient care and then offer them a free decryptor and drop the ransom demands, but this...
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