Barts NHS hack leaves folks on tenterhooks over extortion

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BlackCat pounces on 7TB of data and theatens to release it

Staff at one of the UK's largest hospital groups have spent a nervous week wondering if private data, stolen from their employer's IT systems by a ransomware gang, is going to be splurged online after a deadline to prevent publication passed.it was"urgently investigating" the raid.

Some personally identifiable information belong to workers has already been leaked by the ransomware gang on its website as proof of the intrusion and exfiltration, including people's financial details, CVs, and copies of passports and driving licenses. It's not clear if or how much patient or medical data is involved. As one of hundreds of NHS trusts in the country, Barts manages five hospitals in the capital and says it serves about 2.5 million people.

The criminals behind the attack are the notorious BlackCat crew, aka AlphaV, who have lately made a habit of going after

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