Grozio Chirurgija

2017: Leak of photos of 25 thousand clients

At the end of May, 2017 the group of hackers under the name Tsar Team published more than 25 thousand photos and personal information of patients of the Lithuanian clinic of plastic surgery Grozio Chirurgija in Network.

Malefactors took control of data as a result of cyber attack to servers of clinic at the beginning of 2017. Among patients of medical institution there are inhabitants more than 60 countries of the world, including over 1.5 thousand citizens of Great Britain, The Guardian reports. According to the Lithuanian police, criminals demanded from patients the redemption, and in March, 2017 published a part of the database in confirmation of the intentions.

Hackers published 25 thousand photos of patients of the Lithuanian clinic of plastic surgery of Grozio Chirurgija

On May 30 hackers laid out in network a new portion of pictures, including bared and also information on credit cards and the scan - passport copies of patients. How many people became the victims of malefactors, is not specified, however in police say that they received tens of applications for blackmail.

Hackers demanded from patients the redemption from 50 to 2 thousand pounds sterling in bitcoins. Also it is noted that before addressing patients separately, criminals suggested clinic to redeem from them all database for 300 bitcoins (more than 500 thousand pounds at a current rate), but were refused and executed the threats.

This racketing. The speech about a non-capital offense — the deputy chief of criminal police of Lithuania Andzejus Raginskis emphasized in an interview to journalists.

Law enforcement agencies of Lithuania say that investigation is conducted jointly with security services of other European countries. Also police officers warn that the people who downloaded and storing at themselves kidnapped persons this can be made responsible.

Clients, of course, are shocked. I want to ask forgiveness for the event once again — the director of Grozio Chirurgija Jonas Staikunas told local media.[1]

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