Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch cancer center

Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch).

Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch).

The ransomware gang has added the organization to its dark web leak site and is threatening the victim to leak the alleged stolen data.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is an independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Washington. Its mission is to improve the lives of people worldwide through research, clinical care and education.

The center’s research focuses on cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. Fred Hutch investigators are making groundbreaking discoveries in cancer genomics, immunotherapy, precision medicine and other fields.

The organization operates a network of clinical sites in the US.

Earlier in December, Fred Hutch disclosed a cyber attack that took place on November 19, 2023. Threat actors had access to its infrastructure.

The Seattle Times reported that Fred Hutch patients started receiving email threats following cyberattack.

“Then this week, the spam emails started to arrive. The threats were sent to a number of former and current Fred Hutch patients — as well as some who have received care from Hutch partner UW Medicine — and claimed the names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, medical history, lab results and insurance history of more than 800,000 patients had been compromised.” reported the Seattle Times.

“If you are reading this, your data has been stolen and will soon be sold to various data brokers and black markets to be used in fraud and other criminal activities,” the alleged hackers wrote, according to several emails shared with The Seattle Times.”

The organization immediately started the incident response procedure, it took impacted systems offline, a circumstance that suggests that Fred Hutch was the…