Criminals lurked, stole data on 9M from dental group systems

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Criminals spent 10 days in US dental insurer's systems extracting data of 9 million

It was speculated by some in the security community at the time of the SickKids attack in January that the way the gang tried to distance itself was primarily about its recruiting efforts . Essentially, the argument went, the LockBit overlords didn't want to turn the stomachs of more talented malware scribes who wished to make some scratch joining their crew.

Those with children whose data was taken in the haul were offered advice in the breach notice on how they could" The company noted that leaked info also included medicine taken, and which doctor the patient visited, along with billing info that could be meant for a"parent, guardian, or guarantor" .

The company said it had"taken steps to mitigate and remediate the incident and to help prevent further unauthorized activity" as well as"enhanced our security controls and monitoring practices as appropriate, to minimize the risk of any similar incident in the future." It didn't say which security pros were in charge of this work. We've asked the corp for comment.

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