Ankura CTIX FLASH Update - June 10, 2022

Ransomware/Malware Activity

New England Medical Services Provider Shields Health Care Group Suffers Data Breach

Shields Heath Care Group (Shields), a medical services provider based in Massachusetts that provides various medical services to over fifty (50) hospitals and clinics across New England, disclosed a data breach that impacts approximately 2 million individuals. Shields announced they discovered suspicious activity on its network on March 28, 2022, and subsequently launched an investigation, which revealed sensitive data was acquired by an unknown threat actor who had access from March 7 to March 21, 2022. The current exposed data includes full name, Social Security number (SSN), date of birth, home address, provider information, medical record number, patient ID, diagnosis, billing information, insurance number and information, and other medical or treatment information. Shields emphasized that there is currently "no evidence to indicate that any