Rhysida Leaks Nursing Home Data, Demands $1.5M From Axis
October 11, 2024 – Published on HealthcareInfoSecurity
Ransomware gang Rhysida is threatening to dump data on the darkweb that belongs to a Colorado provider of mental health, substance abuse and other healthcare services unless it pays nearly $1.5 million. The group is leaking records stolen in an alleged attack on a Mississippi nursing home.
Axis Health System, a nonprofit healthcare organization that provides services ranging from primary care to psychiatric assessments, mental health crisis management and drug addiction treatment – and Golden Age Nursing Home, which offers short- and long-term nursing and rehabilitative services – are among Rhysida’s growing list of alleged healthcare sector victims.
As of Friday, Rhysida listed Axis Health on its dark web site, threatening to publish the medical care provider’s data within six days, unless 25 bitcoins – or about $1.48 million – is paid.
While Rhysida is not the most “prolific” ransomware groups on the scene, the gang has operated continuously since May 2023, and is now considered an established ransomware-as-a-service group, said Jason Baker, principal security consultant at GuidePoint Security.
“Rhysida comes to the front not because they are the worst offenders by volume when impacting healthcare entities,” he said.
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