Donut Leaks Ransomware Gang Targets Montgomery General Hospital

The Donut Leaks ransomware gang has attacked Montgomery General Hospital. Montgomery General Hospital is a general acute care hospital in Montgomery, West Virginia. Donut Leaks posted Montgomery General Hospital to its data leak site on March 5th, demanding $750,000 in ransom. Montgomery General Hospital refused to comply, and Donut Leaks published all stolen data on March 31st.

Origins of Donut Leaks

Researchers first identified the Donut Leaks extortion group when an employee of one of the victims revealed that the corporate network had been breached by threat actors seeking to steal data. After successfully pilfering the data, the threat actors proceeded to email the victims' business partners and employees with URLs to their Tor extortion sites.

How Donut Leaks Operates

These Tor sites consist of two components: a shaming blog and a data storage site. Visitors to these sites can freely browse and download all the stolen and leaked data. The stolen data storage server operates using the File Browser application, enabling visitors to navigate through the stolen data categorized by victim. It remains unclear whether the threat actors deploy ransomware during their network breaches or if they solely operate as a data extortion group.

Connections to Other Ransomware Gangs

However, Sheppard Robson, a victim, did disclose that their recent attack involved ransomware. Researchers also believe that Donut Leaks could be an offshoot of the Ragnar Locker and Hive ransomware gangs.