DataBreaches.net reports on a ransomware incident where the victim was re-encrypted — and then re-encrypted again.
On Saturday, October 14, Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) determined that a portion of its manufacturing and distribution businesses experienced a cybersecurity incident. Henry Schein promptly took precautionary action, including taking certain systems offline and other steps intended to contain the incident, which has led to temporary disruption of some of Henry Schein’s business operations. The Company is working to resolve the situation as soon as possible.
Read more of their original notice on their website. AlphV (BlackCat) later claimed responsibility for the attack.
From there, things took a downward turn, with AlphV getting mad at Henry Schein and Coveware and re-encrypting Henry Schein to put more pressure on them to negotiate and pay.
DataBreaches.net provides a chronology of updates, including what seems to be a third time the firm was encrypted by AlphV on November 22.
Read more at DataBreaches.net.
