Snatch attacks Mount Desert Hospital
Incident Date:
June 5, 2023
Overview
Title
Snatch attacks Mount Desert Hospital
Victim
Mount Desert Hospital
Attacker
Snatch
Location
First Reported
June 5, 2023
The Snatch Ransomware Gang's Latest Target: Mount Desert Island Hospital
The Snatch ransomware gang has allegedly attacked Mount Desert Island Hospital. Mount Desert Island Hospital is a general hospital located in Bar Harbor, Maine, and employs more than 500 people. Founded in 1871, the hospital is a non-profit organization, and its facilities include a retirement community, six primary health care centers, a dental center, and a behavioral health center. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded Mount Desert Hospital a five-star rating in 2020.
While Snatch hasn’t yet confirmed how much data it claims to have stolen, the ransomware gang has posted Mount Desert Island Hospital’s details on its dark web leak site. Mount Desert Island Hospital has neither confirmed nor denied the attack.
About the Snatch Ransomware Gang
The Snatch ransomware gang, which first appeared in 2018, uses sophisticated AES encryption to prevent victims from accessing their information. The hackers use Windows registry keys to boot in safe mode. Snatch typically targets high-profile organizations and forces target systems to reboot in safe mode to disable antivirus software. Snatch typically demands between 1 and 5 bitcoins as ransom, and researchers have not yet found a way to decrypt stolen information. The ransomware gang initially targeted regular users with spam emails, but since 2019 has targeted entire organizations.
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