I was a hospital cyber attack victim and nude photos of me in treatment were leaked on the dark web READ MORE: Data scandal at major US hospital lands patients in ICU By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 23:09, 23 September 2024 | Updated: 23:13, 23 September 2024 e-mail View comments Hackers stole nude photos of around 600 men and women being treated for cancer at a Pennsylvania hospital, the latest in a rapidly growing number of cyberattacks against healthcare systems. Ransomware attacks against hospitals, in which hackers hold delicate patient information hostage until the entity hands over a considerable sum of money, are increasingly common.
In the US, attacks against the healthcare sector were up 128 percent in a single year, with 258 victims in 2023 versus 113 in 2022. The latest hospital to fall victim to ransomware was the Lehigh Valley Health Network, which recently settled a case for $65 million levied against it for allegedly failing to safeguard highly sensitive patient information, including naked photos of patients. The lead plaintiff in the case, referred to only as Jane Doe, is a woman in her 50s whose naked photos taken during her radiation treatments made it onto the dark web, causing her a mixture of rage, anger, anxiety, and fear.
Lehigh Valley Hospital Network fell victim to a ransomware attack that saw 135,000 patients' private information land on the dark web Your browser does not support iframes. The ransomware group.
