{"id":49969,"date":"2023-01-04T00:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/lockbit-sorry-about-the-sickkids-ransomware-not-sorry-about-the-rest\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T00:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:59:55","slug":"lockbit-sorry-about-the-sickkids-ransomware-not-sorry-about-the-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/lockbit-sorry-about-the-sickkids-ransomware-not-sorry-about-the-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"LockBit: Sorry about the SickKids ransomware, not sorry about the rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notorious ransomware gang LockBit &#8220;formally apologized&#8221; for an extortion attack against Canada&#8217;s largest children&#8217;s hospital that the criminals blamed on a now-blocked affiliate group, and said it published a free decryptor for the victim to recover the files.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The partner who attacked this hospital violated our rules, is blocked and is no longer in our affiliate program,&#8221; LockBit reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyDarkWeb\/status\/1609857321315835906\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> on its leak site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) said the &#8220;code grey&#8221; cybersecurity incident affecting several network systems started at 2130 local time on December 18.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Upon learning of this incident, we immediately activated the hospital&#8217;s incident management command center and launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident,&#8221; according to a December 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sickkids.ca\/en\/news\/archive\/2022\/sickkids-responding-to-cybersecurity-incident\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">update<\/a> on the hospital&#8217;s website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;At this time, the incident appears to have only impacted a few internal clinical and corporate systems, as well as some hospital phone lines and webpages,&#8221; the alert continued. The hospital claimed &#8220;there is currently no evidence that personal information or personal health information has been impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As of January 1, SickKids <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sickkids.ca\/en\/news\/archive\/2022\/sickkids-aware-of-and-assessing-decryptor-following-cybersecurity-incident\/\">had restored<\/a> more than 60 percent of its &#8220;priority systems&#8221; and noted that &#8220;restoration efforts are ongoing and progressing well.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this most recent update, the hospital also said it is aware of LockBit&#8217;s free decryptor offer. &#8220;We have engaged our third-party experts to validate and assess the use of the decryptor,&#8221; SickKids said, repeating that no personal details or health information had been affected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SickKids has not made a ransomware payment,&#8221; the hospital added.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The LockBit gang has been around since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/07\/26\/lockbit-italy-ransomware-attack\/\">2019<\/a>, deploying its malware against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/10\/14\/nhs_software_hosting_provider_advanced_ransomware_lockbit\/\">high-profile targets<\/a> in multiple nations. According to US prosecutors, this ransomware strain has been deployed against more than 1,000 organizations, and members of the gang have extracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nj\/pr\/russian-and-canadian-national-charged-participation-lockbit-global-ransomware-campaign\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;tens of millions&#8221; of dollars<\/a> in ransom payments.<\/p>\n<p>Before thinking that the prolific ransomware-as-a-service group has turned over a new, nicer leaf, it&#8217;s worth remembering the gang&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chsf.fr\/declenchement-du-plan-blanc-dimanche-21-aout-2022\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ransomware attack<\/a> over the summer against France&#8217;s Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LockBit were not so charitable when demanding $10k from a hospital in a low-income country nor when dealing with a French hospital,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettCallow\/status\/1609314733009821697\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a> Emsisoft threat analyst Brett Callow. &#8220;Could their actions here be more about self-preservation than compassion?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y7Voj6RHR@GU1b7J3cv4tgAAAM8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" 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