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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

Pierluigi Paganini
December 16, 2023

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.”

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Robert M. Arnold Building, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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

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Hackers break into Fred Hutch computer network, patients warned to watch accounts


Hackers broke into the computer networks at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center two weeks ago.

The cancer center says it detected unauthorized activity Nov. 19. It’s now telling patients to monitor their bank statements and credit reports.

The breach happened on the clinical network. Fred Hutch has not revealed more details about what data was hacked, but says it will notify people whose information was involved.

The incident is being treated as a possible federal crime. The center has called in a forensic security firm to investigate, and notified federal law enforcement.

Clinics remain open but the clinical computer network used by personnel was taken offline for security.

The center tells patients to report any suspicious bank activity and to review identity theft prevention tips by the Federal Trade Commission.

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We've been warning Floridians to be wary of cybercriminals for 25 years | Fred Grimm – South Florida Sun Sentinel



We’ve been warning Floridians to be wary of cybercriminals for 25 years | Fred Grimm  South Florida Sun Sentinel

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One on One: Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures (Nick Bilton/Bits)

Nick Bilton / Bits:
One on One: Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures  —  Fred Wilson, a New York City partner in the venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, struck gold in the late 1990s, when he helped in the multi-billion dollar sale of Geocities to Yahoo.  Since then, Mr. Wilson’s firm has invested in a number …

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