The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang says they successfully hacked into Henry Schein, a major healthcare company. They claim to have taken a large amount of data, including employee payroll and shareholder information. Henry Schein operates in 32 countries and made over $12 billion in revenue in 2022.
Over the past few years, BlackCat has shown a noticeable rise in malicious activities.
The group has been targeting various sectors such as healthcare, education, electricity, and natural gas in their recent attacks. According to an FBI FLASH report from April 2022, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware service had successfully breached at least 60 organizations globally by the close of March 2022.
On October 15, Henry Schein on its official website revealed Henry Schein Provides Information on Cybersecurity Incident - Henry Schein that it had to temporarily shut down some of its systems in response to a cyberattack affecting its manufacturing and distribution divisions just the day prior.
The company acted swiftly, implementing precautionary measures like temporarily disabling certain systems and other steps aimed at containing the incident. This proactive approach has resulted in a temporary disruption to some of Henry Schein's business operations.
The company is actively working towards a swift resolution of the situation.
Despite experiencing disruptions in certain business operations, Henry Schein reassures that its Henry Schein One practice management software remains unaffected.
The company has taken proactive steps by notifying pertinent law enforcement agencies about the incident. Additionally, they have enlisted the expertise of external cybersecurity and forensics professionals to probe for any potential data breach resulting from the attack.
In a letter issued a week subsequent to revealing the cyberattack, the healthcare services provider encourages its customers to place orders through their designated Henry Schein representative or by utilizing dedicated telesales phone numbers.
About two weeks later, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group posted on their dark web leak site, saying they hacked into Henry Schein's system and took 35 terabytes of important files. Additionally, The group said they locked up the company's devices again, even after Henry Schein had almost fixed everything because they could not agree on a deal.
