Synlab Italia, a medical diagnosis service provider, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack.
It has released a statement informing customers of the ongoing attack and has disabled all company computer systems in Italy as a precautionary measure. It has suspended all activities at sampling points, medical centers, and laboratories in Italy until further notice.
Synlab immediately investigated the incident and is working with external experts to contain it, but yet to disclose a data breach never mentioned in its update that it was the victim of a ransomware attack.
Researchers at the platform Ransomfeed.it today revealed that the criminal group Blackbasta claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack on Synlab.
The group claimed the theft of 1.5 TB of data, including company data, employees’ personal documents, customer personal data, medical analyses (spermograms, toxicology, anatomy…), and more.
As proof of the data breach, the group published images of passports, ID cards, and medical analyses.
