Rhysida ransomware wants $3.6 million for children’s stolen data
By Bill Toulas, Bleeping Computer The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago at the start of the month. Lurie is a leading pediatric acute care institution in the U.S. that provides care to over 200,000 children annually. The cyberattack forced the healthcare provider to take its IT systems offline and postpone medical care in some cases. Email, phone, access to MyChart, and on-premises internet were all impacted. Ultrasound and CT scan results were rendered unavailable, patient service prioritization systems were taken down, and doctors were forced to switch to pen and paper for prescriptions. Today, the Rhysida ransomware gang has listed Lurie Children's on its extortion portal on the dark web, claiming to have stolen 600 GB of data from the hospital. Rhysida ransomware now offers to sell the stolen data for 60 BTC ($3,700,000) to a single buyer. The deadline was set to seven days, after which the data will either be sol...