Taipeis Mackay Memorial Hospital patient information allegedly sold online Taiwan News Mar 6 2025 2004

pMOREppTaiwan News 2025 All Rights Reservedpppp325 GB of information stolen from 166 million patientspp Mar 6 2025 2004ppHacking Reuters Dado Ruvic photoppTAIPEI Taiwan News Taipeis Mackay Memorial Hospital apologized Thursday to the public for an information leak caused by a cyberattack earlier this monthppOn Feb 9 the hospital was hit by ransomware called Crazy Hunter causing over 500 computers to crash and reportedly up to 325 GB of information stolen per CNA The leaked data allegedly includes personal details of 166 million patients from Mackay branches across Taiwan including Tamsui and HsinchuppOn Feb 28 a hacker on an online forum claimed to possess data from the attack and sold it online per UDN In response the hospital said in a press release that it follows a zerotrust model and clarified three pointsppMinistry of Health and Welfare Department of Information Management Director Lee Chienchang 李建璋 commented that while the data being sold appears to be medical information it needs to be confirmed whether it came from Mackay He added the hospitals operations were not disrupted though the hackers had encrypted and stolen the datappLee added that Changhua Christian Hospital was also recently hacked with attackers gaining administrator privileges He called on hospitals to increase their cybersecurity measuresppTaipeis Mackay Memorial Hospital faces ransomware attackppFeb 11 2025 2056ppTaiwan hospital celebrates discharge of 22week premature babyppJan 20 2025 1638ppTaiwan records over 50 DDoS cyberattacks in SeptemberppOct 19 2024 1401ppUS official says Trump confident China will not invade Taiwan during his termppTaiwans Din Tai Fung leaves Australia after NT82 million fineppCuboAi CEO kills tech officer at company office in TaipeippTSMC recruits 8000 employees in TaiwanppTaiwan public servants must make declaration they do not have Chinese IDsppTaiwans February exports rise to NT135 trillionppTrump softens position on Taiwan stealing chip industry claimppMetro Taipei welcomes 14 billionth passengerppChina detains Unification Church couple from TaiwanppTaiwan extends paid parental leave subsidy to 7 monthsppTaiwan News Staff Writerp