{"id":96072,"date":"2020-02-19T23:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T04:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=96072"},"modified":"2020-02-19T23:05:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T04:05:10","slug":"hacker-group-targeted-law-firms-released-veterans-stolen-data-related-to-ptsd-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96072","title":{"rendered":"Hacker group targeted law firms, released veterans\u2019 stolen data related to PTSD claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nInformation frIom veterans’ PTSD claims was released in a recent data breach.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hackers are one of the planet’s lowest life forms, and should be painfully eradicated most ricky tick. Skippy sends us the latest privacy violation by hackers targeting veteran’s medical records. This particular group of jackwagons is demanding ransom for hacked data recovery. There are about a brazillion blue crabs just starting to wake up in the Chesapeake Bay, and damn they are hungry.<\/p>\n

Read on.<\/p>\n

By Dylan Gresik<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hackers have gained access to sensitive data from at least five law firms in the past four months, releasing stolen data that includes pain diary entries from veterans\u2019 personal injury cases, Emsisoft, a cybersecurity and anti-malware company, told Military Times.<\/p>\n

Maze, a hacking and ransomware group, has breached several law firms, local government databases and other companies, demanding payments for data recovery and deletion. The posted information includes VA documents, patient care records, legal fee agreements and privacy consent forms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nScreenshot of a VA claims document released in a data dump by hacking group Maze as part of a ransomware attack against U.S. law firms. (Screenshot\/Brett Callow)<\/em><\/p>\n

Two of those hacks targeted Texas-based law firm Baker Wotring in November and Woods and Woods LLC in Evansville, Indiana, this month, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.<\/p>\n

Woods and Woods is a nationwide disability benefits firm that deals with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs litigation.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Woods and Woods LLC] has notified the FBI and has taken and continues to take prompt action to contain the incident, mitigate its effects, and fully investigate,\u201d said Neil Woods in an emailed statement to Military Times. \u201cThe firm is able to continue conducting its business since it had backups in place. The firm will provide additional information to its clients as the investigation continues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Maze hacks an organization\u2019s servers, notifies them of the breach and demands ransom payments to prevent data dumps, according to Brett Callow, a threat analyst with Emsisoft. If the group does not receive payment, it will publish small amounts of compromised data \u2014 \u201cproofs\u201d \u2014 online, accessible to anyone with internet access.<\/p>\n

The group has previously demanded payments ranging from $1 million to several million dollars, and if payment is not received, Maze will release additional sensitive data on a staggered basis, Callow explained. Maze has already released a portion of personal documents from Woods and Woods, and the group claims to have more<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thanks Skippy. Read the rest here:Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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