𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Writing about cybersecurity required time, study, and rigour for work I felt was necessary. One article naturally led to the next; one case connected to the previous one. It was demanding but manageable, and above all, consistent with the journalistic principles I had chosen to uphold.

https://www.suspectfile.com/when-silence-becomes-mandatory-a-chronicle-of-an-injunction/

@campuscodi @zackwhittaker
@jgreigj @lawrenceabrams @briankrebs @PogoWasRight

#HCRG #Injunctions #Law #Private_Life #UK_High_Court_Injunction

Thanks to everyone in the fediverse who has favorited, boosted, and reached out to me supportively over the injunction and takedown order that I wouldn't comply with (overview: https://infosec.exchange/@PogoWasRight/114110520940142405)

Special thanks to @zackwhittaker for reporting about it all on #TechCrunch:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/hacked-health-firm-hcrg-demanded-journalist-take-down-data-breach-reporting-citing-uk-court-order/

#databreach #HCRG #ransomware #incident_response #injunction

Medusa-affiliated hackers successfully infiltrated HCRG’s computer systems, stealing 2.275 TB of sensitive documents, including Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of both patients and employees. The group claimed responsibility for the attack on February 18, posting a statement on their .onion blog within the Tor network, setting a deadline of February 28 for a $2 million ransom payment. If the payment was not made, Medusa threatened to release or sell the stolen data.
SuspectFile.com has gained exclusive access to a series of sensitive documents not yet published by the criminal group, along with a file tree containing 3,570,110 entries of various documents, including:

https://www.suspectfile.com/exclusive-the-impact-of-the-hcrg-care-group-data-breach-on-patients-and-employees/

#Medusa #HCRG #Infosec #Data_Breach #Ransomware

#NHS community services privately sold off in Wiltshire for £1.3bn

#LabourLies

There’s no other way to dress this up, except for the headline: the Labour Party just oversaw a £1.3 BILLION SELL-OFF of NHS community services to a private equity firm, in Wiltshire.

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/10/17/nhs-services-wiltshire/

#DemocracyNow #OurNHS #SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFails #corruption #profiteering #CorporateGreed #PoliticalGreed #HCRG #HealthCare #CorporateTerrorism