Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare , Industry Specific
Alberta Dental Paid 'Substantial' Ransom for Decryptor Key, Deletion of Stolen Data Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 11, 2023 Alberta Dental Service Corp. says it paid a "substantial" ransom to hackers in exchange for a decryptor key and a promise by attackers to delete the company's stolen data. (Image: ADSC)A nonprofit firm that administers government dental programs in Canada is notifying nearly 1.5 million individuals that their data, including banking information for some, was compromised in a ransomware incident last month. Company officials paid a ransom for a decryptor key and the promise from hackers to destroy the stolen data, pinning their hopes on "honor among cybercriminals."
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Lyle Best, president of Alberta Dental Service Corp., told Information Security Media Group on Friday that his company recently paid a "substantial" ransom for a decryptor key and a pledge by the cybercriminal group 8Base, which took responsibility for the attack, to delete the data exfiltrated in the incident.
Best described 8Base as "Russian-based" and declined to say how much ransom ADSC paid. Upon paying the ransom, the hackers quickly provided ADSC with a decryptor key and a video of the company's stolen data being deleted, he told ISMG.
But by the time ADSC received the decryptor key, the comp ..
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