Three citizens of Lithuania, among which there are professional programmers, were arrested on Wednesday. According to Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, the suspects stole client database and demanded ransom from clinic and clients. Finally, they made public more than 25 thousand private photos, including photos of naked body, names, surnames, photos before and after surgery, and another personal information of patients of Lithuanian plastic surgery clinics "Grozio Chirurgija".
It's important to note that, at first, the hackers demanded a ransom from the clinic, but administration refused them. Then criminals published photos on the Internet, and patients of the clinic confirmed that this is photos of them. Since then, hackers demanded a ransom (from 50 to 2000 euros) from clients. In addition, a few hundred people gave money for photos to hackers.
Evgenii Papantonopulo, Deputy Director of the Scientific-technical center "ATLAS", commented: "Cyber crime is a well established, highly yielding innovative business. All large enterprises, especially medical institutions, are under daily attacks. At the same time, the estimate of the number of leaks by industries showed that a quarter of all cases is the medical sector".
Unknown user on Russian Forum said that this situation gravely hurts image and prestige of clinic and, apparently, clinic did not spend enough money on cyber protection.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of Lithuania noted that the investigation in this case was quite complex and large.
- Christina
It's important to note that, at first, the hackers demanded a ransom from the clinic, but administration refused them. Then criminals published photos on the Internet, and patients of the clinic confirmed that this is photos of them. Since then, hackers demanded a ransom (from 50 to 2000 euros) from clients. In addition, a few hundred people gave money for photos to hackers.
Evgenii Papantonopulo, Deputy Director of the Scientific-technical center "ATLAS", commented: "Cyber crime is a well established, highly yielding innovative business. All large enterprises, especially medical institutions, are under daily attacks. At the same time, the estimate of the number of leaks by industries showed that a quarter of all cases is the medical sector".
Unknown user on Russian Forum said that this situation gravely hurts image and prestige of clinic and, apparently, clinic did not spend enough money on cyber protection.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of Lithuania noted that the investigation in this case was quite complex and large.
- Christina