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The hacker group leaked a database of hundreds of thousands of patients at the Moore Institute

After posting details of users of the dating site "Atref", tonight the cyber-attack group Black Shadow, which is affiliated with the Iranian regime, leaked a database of 290,000 patients in the national clinic network. And more

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Yinon Ben Shoshan

Tuesday, 02 November 2021, 22:08 Updated: 22:43

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The hacker group Black Shadow, which is affiliated with the Iranian regime, this evening (Tuesday) leaked a database of 290,000 patients at the Moore Institute. Among the information leaked, a lot of medical information - such as blood tests, information about treatments, appointments for gynecologists, CT scans, ultrasound, colonoscopy, vaccinations before flights abroad and more.

Earlier, the group carried out its threat to the Israeli web hosting company Cyberserve. and uploaded a file containing the database of Lesbian dating site "community" since 2002. experts have warned that "the file may contain malicious files."

An analysis of cyber security company Check Point suggests that leaked database includes records of more than a million Users of the dating app, where you can find, among other things, full name, nickname, place of residence, phone number, email address, sexual preferences, marital status, type of phone, GPS locations and about 17 million records of messages.No photos of users were distributed during the leak.

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Following a request from the cyber department of the State Attorney's Office, Google blocked access to the Black Shadow group's sites. In addition, Telegram also blocked two more channels of the group, in which personal information obtained through hacking of databases was distributed.

"The complete leak from the Atref website should light a red light at the national level and at the level of companies that store personal information on the Internet," says Oded Vanunu, head of the Product Weakness Department at Check Point. "Personal details of Israeli citizens are leaked time and time again following cyber attacks that can be easily avoided. The information will probably be used for very accurate phishing attacks by other hacker groups in the world."

Following a request from the cyber department of the State Attorney's Office, Google blocked access to the Black Shadow group's sites. In addition, Telegram also blocked two more channels of the group, in which personal information obtained through hacking of databases was distributed.

The threat began when a group of hackers broke into the company and also leaked the details of 3,000 employees of the Dan bus company and details of 120,000 customers of the Pegasus tourism company.

The hackers then demanded $ 1 million within 48 hours - threatening that if the money was not transferred to them, they would post details of a million more "Atref" users.

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