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  Hackers threaten to leak massive trove of ‘before & after’ plastic surgery photo

  Posted by Unknown Member on 25 December 2020 at 11:11 am

  A dark web hacking outfit claims to have purloined some 900 gigabytes of “before and after” photos from a UK cosmetic surgery chain with a litany of celebrity endorsements, vowing to release the images unless a ransom is paid.

  The hack on the surgery chain, the Hospital Group, was reported by the BBC on Thursday, noting that the company had informed both its customers as well as the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office of the data theft.

  “We can confirm that our IT systems have been subject to a data security breach. None of our patients’ payment card details have been compromised but at this stage, we understand that some of our patients’ personal data may have been accessed,” the chain, also known as the Transform Hospital Group, said in a statement, adding that it is also working with local police and the National Cyber Security Centre in addition to the ICO.

  The hacking crew, known as REvil and reportedly behind a series of similar cyber attacks, took to the dark net threatening to release “intimate photos of customers,” warning they are “not a completely pleasant sight.” It remains unclear what the attackers demanded for ransom, however.

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