One plastic surgery clinic in London has been the victim of an
alleged cyber-attack.
A spokesperson for London Bridge Plastic Surgery confirms to
EmI News that their security "was breached and that data has
been stolen."
While the company's IT experts are still working to establish
exactly what data has been compromised, Metropolitan Police are
already investigating.
"The group behind the attack are highly sophisticated and well
known to international law enforcement agencies having targeted
large US medical providers and corporations over the past
year," the company said. "We are horrified that they have now
targeted our patients."
Their statement continued, "Security and patient confidentiality
has always been of the utmost importance to us. We are
profoundly sorry for any distress this data breach may cause
our patients and our teams are available around the clock to
speak to anyone who has any concerns."
Police confirm to EmI News that no arrests have been made as of
now but enquiries are ongoing.
According to The Daily Beast who first broke the story,
a hacking group called The Dark Overlord is behind the cyber-
attack. The group first emerged in mid-2016 when they hacked
into a myriad of medical centers across the United States.
In regards to their most recent hack, the group teased what they
obtained to one of the outlet's reporters.
"We have [terabytes] of this s--t. Databases, names,
everything," a representative from The Dark
Overlord shared. "There are some royal families in here. The
world has never seen a medical dump of a plastic surgeon to such
degree."
The images do not appear to be publicly available yet and its
unclear if the group will follow through with their threat.
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