Malek Team: Iran-linked Hackers Claim to Leak Medical Records From Israeli Hospital

 

An alleged Iran-based hacker group has claimed responsibility for stealing thousands of medical records from an Israeli hospital and leaking them on online forums. The stolen data also includes medical information of Israeli soldiers. The hospital – Ziv Medical Center – is situated in the city of Safed, near the border of Syria and Lebanon.

The hackers claim to have stolen 500GB of medical data dating back to 2022. The 700,000 documents purportedly contained patient medical and personal data, including disease types and prescribed medication.

Last weekend, the hacker group involved in the attack – Malek Team – after attacking the hospital, began releasing documents that included the ones containing data from the Israel Defense Force (IDF) on their Telegram channel.

While the hackers did not disclose when exactly they attacked the hospital, a warning was released last week by the Israeli National Cyber Directorate regarding an incident affecting Ziv Medical Center’s computer systems.

The warning read, “The incident has been identified and contained without disrupting or affecting various systems and the operation of the medical center.” Taking precautions, the hospital temporarily took down its email server and some of its computer systems.

The security team has conducted an investigation o

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