Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-04-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: Chattanooga Heart Institute
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Undetermined
Motive: Financial
Actor: Karakurt
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Chattanooga Heart Institute notifies more than 170,000 patients and others that hackers may have stolen their sensitive personal and medical information in a cyberattack detected in April. The Karakurt ransomware group claimed credit for the hack a month later.