Russian Hackers, Lockbit, Behind Cyberattacks on France Hospital
A hospital in Essonne is the latest victim of a Russian cyberattack. The Southern Ile-France Hospital Center (CHSF) has discovered the Russian culprits.
It was revealed that the Russian Hackers, Lockbit, is responsible for the cyberattack on the Hospital. The hackers claimed the cyberattack and requested a million dollars in ransom not to publish the stolen data.
Lockbit Demands $10 Million
The cyberattack occurred on August 22nd after the hackers made the network of the hospital inaccessible. The Russian hackers first requested 10 million euros as ransom, to which the hospital refused. The hackers are now threatening to release the personal details of patients and reduce the ransom to a million dollars.
“We offered a very reasonable price because we respect health establishments,” Lockbit wrote on its site.
Nicolas Arpagian said that Lockbit has no chance of succeeding in demanding such an amount. “From a strictly pecuniary point of view for cybercriminals, the French public hospital is not a good customer. Its financial resources are limited and its payments must essentially be made to approved suppliers, particularly during public contracts.
This makes any such payment almost impossible. In addition, the doctrine of the state is to refuse to pay any ransom,” he explained. He said that Lockbit is unaware of their assured failure as they had already estimated the hospital’s annual income to be 650 million euros.
The company does not want to fulfill its part of the transaction and buy back the decryption key and data of its customers, patients, and partners. The company does not care about the distribution of cards, medical history or diagnosis of its patients,” Nicolas added.
According to The Daily, the hackers claim to have over a million files belonging to Southern Ile-France Hospital Centre (CHSF). Furthermore, they said that they found some of the files that the hackers had already published. “We found in particular, internal documents and exchanges with the administration but also invoices from service providers. The oldest archives date back ten years,” they reported.
