According to the criminals, the Rijswijk laboratory did not comply with the agreements by engaging the police. If Clinical Diagnostics does not pay ‘a high amount’ in ransom within eleven days, NOVA says to bring the dates to the outset, NRC reports.
Roof medical data ‘gold mine’ for criminals: ‘They can abuse this for years for fraud and blackmail’
The data from thousands of participants of the National Population screening were signaled for the first time on 6 July on the anonymous, difficult to access part of the internet, the Dark Web. Last Monday the news about the hack at the laboratory only came out.
Cyber criminals have stolen the data of women who participated in the population screening for cervical cancer. It is not only about names and addresses, but an unknown number of women is also the result of the smear or the self -test leaked.
‘Opportunists try to squeeze people’
Cyber expert Dave Maasland previously warned that the data residence can have major consequences for the affectors. “We know that with medical data there are always opportunists who try to squeeze people. Then they will send, for example:” I know you have this early form of cancer. If you don’t want me to make this known, you should and do this, “he told De Telegraaf.
‘We are very sorry’
Elza den Hertog, the Chairman of the Netherlands Population Program, said after the dating that the institute was shocked enormously. “We understand that women who participated in population screening through us naturally also very much shocked. I would like to tell them that we are very sorry that this happened. Participating in the population screening is cervical cancer for many women already exciting anyway. And then you will be told that your personal data may also have been leaked.”
