Not every hack on the planet is a pachydermatous cellar dweller . Many are actually using their accomplishment to make the domain a better place , securing our favorite websites and full of life infrastructures — not to advert all those diminutive net devices with cameras and microphones we ’ve idiotically placed throughout our rest home where we feed , catch some Z’s , and do yoga in the nude .
Alas , this is not a news report about those unvalued heroes .
Asshole hackers with no compunction have published more than 25,000 exposure of patient role at a Lithuanian cosmetic surgery clinic , the Guardian reports , after the clinic refused to pay out 300 bitcoins ( presently deserving virtually $ 700,000 ) in ransom money originally this year .
The Grozio Chirurgija clinic , which says the hackers are now blackmail its patients like a shot via schoolbook messages , told local media that its patient were in shock . “ Once again , I would wish to apologize , ” suppose Jonas Staikunas , the clinic music director . “ Cybercriminals are blackmailers . ”
This leak is particularly egregious because many of the patient were photographed in the nude prior to and follow their procedures .
The victims reportedly herald from more than 60 country , mostly European ; more than 1,500 reside in the UK alone , allot to the British newspaper publisher . The leaked document also include a variety of protected personal info , including pass scans and other sensitive aesculapian data , leaving the victims at further peril of identity operator larceny and extortion .
The devastating Lithuanian leakage arrives in the wake of theviral WannaCry incident , which infected X of thousands of Windows servers across the world , include those at more than a dozen hospitals in the London area . Many affected role seek emergency medical care had to be rerouted to other local hospitals due to the disruption .
Unfortunately , as medical records are considered among the most sensitive type of data , it is likely to stay a primary target of these soulless net brigands for the foreseeable future .
[ The Guardian ]
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