Henry Schein Data Breach: Healthcare Giant Reports Second Attack in Two Months

U.S. based healthcare company Henry Schein has confirmed another cyberattack this month conducted by threat actor ‘BlackCat/ALPHV’ ransomware gang. The company was previously attacked by the same group in October. 

Henry Schein

Henry Schein is a Fortune 500 healthcare products and services provider with operations and affiliates in 32 countries, with approximately $12 billion in revenue reported in 2022. 

It first made public on October 15 that, following a cyberattack the day before, it had to take some systems offline in order to contain the threat.

On November 22, more than a month later, the company announced that parts of its apps and the e-commerce platform had once more been taken down due to another attack that was attributed to the BlackCat ransomware.

“Certain Henry Schein applications, including its ecommerce platform, are currently unavailable. The Company continues to take orders using alternate means and continues to ship to its customers,” the announcement said.

“Henry Schein has identified the cause of the occurrence. The threat actor from the previously disclosed cyber incident has claimed responsibility.”

Today, the company released a statement, noting that it has restored its U.S. e-commerce platform and that it is expecting its platforms in Canada and Europe to be back o

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