{"id":95,"date":"2023-02-20T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2023-04-13T02:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T07:20:24","slug":"2023-lehigh-valley-health-network-attack-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/2023-lehigh-valley-health-network-attack-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: 2023 Lehigh Valley Health Network Attack \/ Breach affects 2,760, results in litigation over nude patient photo leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Image credits: CyberXRef, 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update 4\/13\/2023: Litigation information included<\/em> <em>with updated breach information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Lehigh Valley Health Network location in Lackawanna County just had a single computer breached by BlackCat, a Russian ransomware group, which potentially obtained patient photos for over 2,760 patients and leaked nude patient photos, resulting in a lawsuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BlackCat, Lehigh Valley Health Network location, potentially 2,760 patients, and a single computer system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 6, 2023: Threat actor was detected on the network. &#8220;Investigation is ongoing&#8221; (WFMZ, 2023, para. 10). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 20, 2023: Media appears to have published press statements from LVHN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 13, 2023: Photographed victim files lawsuit against Lehigh Valley Health Network <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 6, Lehigh Valley Health Network discovered a single endpoint used in their oncology program &#8220;for patient images&#8221; with &#8220;sensitive information&#8221; was breached and initiated an investigation and incident response (WFMZ, 2023). LVHN is refusing to pay the ransom at this time. As a result, BlackCat posted the nude patient images online, which resulted in litigation by the photographed victims (<em>Jane Doe v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, <\/em>2023). 2,760 patients and their images are reportedly at stake now due to the breach (Wfmz-Tv, 2023). BlackCat&#8217;s ransom amount has also been identified as $5 million and still has not been paid (Wfmz-Tv, 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internal and external incident response costs (WFMZ, 2023, para. 9). Breach notification costs. However, the attack &#8220;has not disrupted LVHN\u2019s operations&#8221; (Sigafoos, 2023, para. 2). Litigation defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal: HIPAA and HITECH. <br>FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 45 (<em>Jane Doe v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, <\/em>2023 ,p. 28). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">69 News (WFMZ). (2023, February 20). <em>LVHN reports cyberattack by Russian ransomware gang<\/em>. WFMZ.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023, from https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/lvhn-reports-cyberattack-by-russian-ransomware-gang\/article_6ceb11e0-b133-11ed-9bdc-7b7c0a2adf99.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CyberXRef. (2014, March 17). <em>File:Lehigh Valley Hospital 03.JPG<\/em>. Wikimedia Commons. https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lehigh_Valley_Hospital_03.JPG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jane Doe v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, Docket No. 3:23-cv-00585-RDM (Lackwan. Co. 2023). https:\/\/www.classaction.org\/media\/doe-v-lehigh-valley-health-network-inc.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sigafoos, S. (2023, February 20). <em>Lehigh Valley Health Network says it was target of Russian ransomware gang BlackCat<\/em>. LehighValleyNews.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023, from https:\/\/www.lehighvalleynews.com\/health-news\/2023-02-20\/lehigh-valley-health-network-says-it-was-target-of-russian-ransomware-gang-blackcat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wfmz-Tv. (2023, April 12). <em>Court filing: Personal info, sensitive photos of 2,760 patients stolen during LVHN data breach<\/em>. WFMZ.com. https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/court-filing-personal-info-sensitive-photos-of-2-760-patients-stolen-during-lvhn-data-breach\/article_f115539c-d97c-11ed-be1f-bfb6cf4c8bfd.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Image credits: CyberXRef, 2014) Update 4\/13\/2023: Litigation information included with updated breach information One-sentence summary: A Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[97,68,3,12,13,76,63,75,61,11,10,77,78,74,14,66,64,25,69,71,72,70,57,8,27,96,94,95,73,98,67,62,65,59,15,79,80],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-breach-report","tag-allentown","tag-been-pwned","tag-breach-report","tag-breaches","tag-ciso","tag-cloud","tag-computer-security","tag-cyber-security","tag-cybercrime","tag-cybersecurity","tag-dallas","tag-dark-web","tag-darkweb","tag-data-breach","tag-executive","tag-hack","tag-hacker","tag-hacking","tag-have-been-pwned","tag-have-i-pwned","tag-i-been-pwned","tag-i-have-been-pwned","tag-jira","tag-kent-protect","tag-kentprotect","tag-lehigh","tag-lehigh-valley-health-network","tag-lehighvalleyhealthnetwork","tag-password","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pwned","tag-security","tag-security-hacker","tag-siegedsec","tag-summary","tag-the-darkweb","tag-tor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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