Two hospitals that suffered ransomware attacks have discovered that their data is being stored by a cloud storage provider.
The hospitals are now asking the courts to force Wasabi Technologies to turn over the stolen information so they can verify exactly what data was taken.
The cloud storage company has already provided copies of the data to the FBI to aid the investigation, but the hospitals are now seeking a court order that will force Wasabi to return the data to its original owners.
These are not the first hospitals to be targeted
The two New York hospitals operate on a nonprofit model and have created the North Star Health Alliance, which provides health care to 220,000 people in Northern New York.
Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center were attacked by LockBit, a ransomware gang that targeted a number of hospitals in the U.S. and Europe over the holiday season, causing chaos, diverting patients and requiring much of the realignment of care.
As part of an investigation into the stolen data, the hospitals discovered information related to the stolen data stored on the servers of a Wasabi Technologies cloud storage platform.
Richard Duvall, CEO of North Star Health Alliance, told 7News: “So the best option that has been explored by our legal team and working with the FBI is to go after that company to get our sequestered data so that we can can be sure what information has been leaked. ”
The LockBit gang has been operating a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) since 2019 that is used to target a wide range of victims on an international scale. Estimates suggest at least $91 million has been made since 2020. stolen from US-based organizations.
Ny Breaking has contacted Wasabi Technologies for comment.
Through BleepingComputer
