A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the hack on Kettering Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and medical centers in Ohio.
The healthcare system is still recovering two weeks after the ransomware attack forced it to shut down all its computer systems. Interlock, a relatively new ransomware group that has targeted healthcare organizations in the U.S. since September 2024, published a post on its official dark web site, claiming to have stolen more than 940 gigabytes of data from Kettering Health.
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