The hacker group that has claimed responsibility for the breach at the Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center in central Israel earlier this month has issued an ultimatum to the facility, threatening to reveal sensitive medical files that include the prime minister, MKs, senior rabbis, and other known figures in the Haredi word if its demands are not met.
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According to Israel Hayom sources, the hackers demand tens of millions of shekels. The group claims that it has obtained access to hundreds of thousands of digital files due to the breach, including psychiatric evaluations and various checkups that could reveal private medical conditions among Haredi wheelers and dealers. The concern is that this would become a 'Haredi WikiLeaks' that could jolt the community.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent prostate-related treatment at the facility in 2015, although it is unclear if that file was breached in the recent cyberattack.
Video: Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center responds to cyber attack
The hospital sent the following statement to Israel Hayom: "Over the past week, the cyber experts from the Health Ministry, the National Cyber Directorate and the hospital have been investigating the attack, and this includes an evaluation as to the scope of the breach and its implications. There have been no negotiations of any kind with the hackers, and as we have said right after the attack happened, this incident is financially motivated. We will provide more details s we get them."
Israel Hayom has learned that the authorities have looked into the possibility that this was cyberterrorism that was orchestrated by hostile elements rather than the hacker group Ranger Locker
An Israel Hayom has asked the Health Ministry whether an urgent meeting with senior officials was called in order to handle the potential revelations about israeli politicians, as our reporting indicates, but the ministry denied this outright. The National Cyber Directorate refused to provide a comment on this question.
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