BYOD ransomware group claims theft of 2 million Texas residents’ medical records
The BYOD ransomware group claimed to have stolen the medical records of 2 million Texas residents in connection with an attack on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. No findings confirming whether the theft occurred or the scale of the impact were provided.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Claimed theft of medical records belonging to 2 million Texas residents
- Cause / method
- Claimed ransomware attack by the BYOD group
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The BYOD group’s claim of a ransomware attack on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission became known.
- It became known that the BYOD group had claimed to have stolen the medical records of 2 million Texas residents.
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