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Cyber gangsters hit UK medical firm poised for work on coronavirus with Maze ransomware attack computerweekly.com/news/252480425…

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The Maze ransomware group attacked the medical research company, Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR) on the morning of Saturday 14 March 2020 Image
Hammersmith Medicines Research operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It conducts first and second state clinical trials on new drugs and vaccines. It is preparing to conduct trails of Covid-19 vaccines when they are developed.
HMR tells us it was able to contain the attack by #Maze #ransomware and restore its IT systems and email on the same day. But this was not before Maze had downloaded thousands of confidential medical files, and copies of passports and driving licences of former patients.
On 18 March, 4 days after attacking HMR #maze #Ransomware published a press release claiming that it would spare medical organisations from an attack during the #Covid_19 #coronavirus. Credit goes to @BleepinComputer bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…
On 21 March #Maze #ransomware reneged on its promise not to attack health companies by publishing over 11Gb of files containing highly sensitive medical and personal data about former patients of #hmr . @BuxtonTheRed @Raj_Samani @UnderTheBreach @ComputerWeekly Image
On 22 March at 15:40, Computer Weekly published a report on hacking attempt by #Maze #Ransomware and its decision to publish confidential medical records of former patients from HRM, a medical research lab gearing up for #Coronavirus. bit.ly/3bmxnpE
#maze #Ransomware responded within two hours with a press release attacking security companies and IT security professionals Image
On Monday 23 March #Maze #ransomware appeared to have made the right decision by taking down over 2,300 medical and ID records of former patients at #HMR medical research company from the internet. #coronavirus #COVIDー19

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