- Frederick Health Medical Group was struck with ransomware at the end of January 2025
- He concluded his investigation and said that almost a million people have lost sensitive data
- Data include names, SSN, information on health insurance and more
We now know how many people are affected by a recent ransomware attack on Frederick Health Medical Group – nearly a million.
The health care provider reported the new figures from the US Health and Social Services Department (HHS), noting how on January 27, 2025, he experienced a “ransomware event” on his computer systems.
The information taken vary from person to person, Frederick Health Medical Group added, and although in the opinion, he does not discuss the number of people affected, she shared a figure with American people HHS – 934,326.
Second increase
The subsequent survey determined that threat actors had managed to steal certain files to a file sharing server.
These files included patient names, addresses, birth dates, social security numbers, driving license numbers, medical file numbers, health insurance information and / or clinical information related to patient care.
Until now, no threat player has assumed the responsibility of the attack, and the data has not yet been surfaced on the Dark Web, perhaps suggesting that Frederick Health has really paid ransom.
The organization has around 4,000 employees and more than 25 locations. To mitigate the risk of attack, he also offered all persons concerned the credit monitoring services and protection against identity theft via IDX.
Health care organizations are a target of choice for ransomware operators, given the sensitivity of the data with which they operate. In April 2025 alone, we had stories of a CEO of cybersecurity that tried to install malware on hospital computers, attacks on Yale Health and Davita, and data leak at Loggezy.
In addition, Blue Shield of California also recently revealed a data violation that has exposed sensitive data of 4.7 million members.
Via Bleeping Compompute
