INTEGRIS Health said it is working to investigate a data breach in which hackers claimed they stole the data of more than 2 million patients to sell on the dark web.
Viewers messaged News 9 about an email they received over the weekend from hackers. The first paragraph of the email read as follows:
“Integris Health (integrisok.com) was breached on November 2023. The data of over 2 million patients was compromised including SSN, DOB, Address, Phone, Insurance Information, and Employer Information. This data will sell on the darknet and be used for fraud and identity theft. If you are receiving this message, your data have been compromised. We provide a sample of your data as proof.”
The email went on to list the exact address, phone number, birth date and social security number of each individual recipient.
“We have contacted Integris Health, but they refuse to resolve this issue,” the email continued. “We give you the opportunity to remove your personal data from our databases before we sell the entire database to data brokers on Jan 5 2024.”
The email then demanded that recipients pay to protect their data.
“Our tor shop allows users to purchase data for fraud,” the email said. “Any buyer can purchase data ‘exclusively’ for 50$. This gives the buyer exclusive rights on the data and will remove the data from the shop completely. This feature is useful for fraud activity such as identity theft, opening SIM lines, opening bank accounts, taking out loans, and making USA companies. A buyer can also purchase data without exclusive rights for 3$. In this case, the data will still be listed on the shop. You can remove your data from our shop and protect it from future fraud by purchasing exclusive rights on it (50$).”
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