Chapter 11. Extortion
Hundreds of thousands of patient records went up for sale on “TheRealDeal” dark market in July 2016. There, a cybercriminal group that went by the name “TheDarkOverlord” (TDO) offered three databases to anyone who would pay the (hefty) price:1
1. Dissent, “Quest Records LLC Breach Linked to TheDarkOverlord Hacks; More Entities Investigate If They’ve Been Hacked,” DataBreaches.net, August 15, 2016, https://www.databreaches.net/quest-records-llc-breach-linked-tothedarkoverlord-hacks-more-entities-investigate-if-theyve-been-hacked.
“Healthcare Database (48,000 Patients) from Farmington, Missouri, United States.” Price: 151.96 bitcoins (approx. $97,000 at the time)
“Healthcare Database (397,000 Patients) from Atlanta, Georgia, ...
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