McLaren Health Care confirmed it had experienced a ransomware attack after recently detecting suspicious activity on its computer network. The Grand Blanc, Michigan-based health system is now investigating whether some of its data could be available on the dark web.
Ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat took responsibility for an attack at McLaren, claiming they stole data from 2.5 million patients and continue to operate a “backdoor” on the nonprofit health system’s network, according to Security Affairs.
The health system launched an investigation to “identify what, if any, data exposure occurred” and retained cybersecurity experts to assist, according to a McLaren spokesperson. Based on their current analysis, the spokesperson told Healthcare Dive that they see no evidence to support the backdoor claim. Read more.
